Nuclear Posture Review – Asia Times

The nuclearization of American diplomacy

by Michael T Klare October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

On August 21, six nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bombers, representing approximately one-seventh of the war-ready US B-52H bomber fleet, flew from their home base in North Dakota to Fairford Air Base in England for several weeks of intensive operations over Europe. Although the actual weapons load of those giant bombers was kept secret, each of them […]

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Xi’s China has instilled fear in Trump’s America

by Xuan Loc Doan October 18, 2018

China is locked in a conundrum with the United States over trade. Illustration: iStock.

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

China-US row risks heading to ‘Thucydides Trap’

by Xuan Loc Doan September 19, 2018

US America lunch ICBM missile for nuclear bomb test illustration concept. Photo: iStock

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Denuclearization means the United States, too

by Jeffrey D Sachs May 9, 2018

Chinese soldiers stand guard over a model of a nuclear warhead in a nuclear lab in China's northwestern Qinghai province. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

US tailors forces to deter growing Chinese nuclear threat

by Bill Gertz March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A high-speed camera image of the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun firing a world-record setting 33 mega-joule shot. Photo: US Navy via AFP/John F Williams

Australia, China, Oceania, Russia, World

Reports of US Navy railgun being abandoned are premature

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Air Force missile maintenance team works on the upper section of a nuclear warhead-attached intercontinental ballistic missile. Photo: USAF / Airman John Parie via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Is China really threatening the US with nuclear weapons?

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

USA missile launches from its underground silo launch facility. Photo: iStock

Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

US defense strategists up the nuclear ante

by William Holland February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono listens to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Andy Wong

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Japan welcomes US ‘Nuclear Posture Review’

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military in the Pacific in 1946. Photo: US Department of Defense

China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

China hits Washington’s ‘Cold War mentality’ in US nuke forces upgrade

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

DF-31A missiles, the tailor-made launch vehicles for Chinese nuclear warheads, are seen during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, France, Russia, World

Party mouthpiece urges Beijing to build more nukes

by Asia Times staff January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

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