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Tag: Mutually Assured Destruction

Posted inUkraine War

Russia’s nuclear threat requires a rational response

by Daniel Williams October 29, 2022November 3, 2022

During the Cold War, the concept of nuclear deterrence developed around the idea that damage caused by detonating atom bombs was too horrible to contemplate. The weapons were developed and tested but not used as weapons after World War II, when the United States dropped two on Japan and destroyed two cities. Neither the Soviet […]

Posted inRussia

Russian tests and Putin’s threats recall Cold War nuke dread

by Michael Mulvihill May 7, 2022May 11, 2022
Worst case scenario: Are North Korea's nuclear weapons designed for actual use? Photo: iStock
Posted inIndia, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Asia, United States, World

Arms control provides the only path to peace

by Prabir Purkayastha January 12, 2020February 18, 2020
A video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry of the new Avangard missile, which is equipped with a hypersonic winged glider unit, during a test launch at the Kura Test Range in Russia's Kamchatka region. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry / Sputnik/ AFP
Posted inChina, European Union, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

Russia’s hypersonic ICBM blows away arms agreements

by Stephen Bryen December 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Crew are seem on top of the Indian nuclear submarine Arihant. Photo: Indian Defense Ministry
Posted inChina, India, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Missile defense systems bad for India-Pakistan nuclear detente

by Mohan Guruswamy August 24, 2018
Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

It’s all Putin’s fault… but still he wins

by Pepe Escobar March 16, 2018February 18, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launch drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA. Photo: KCNA via Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Where North Korean rockets meet US antimissile shields

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large October 21, 2017February 18, 2020
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Posted inChina, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Ducking under desks to avoid The Bomb won’t save anyone

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2017September 16, 2017

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