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Doomsday Clock Reaches 100 Seconds to Midnight

By Jeffrey Kluger

U.S. Intelligence Expects China to Quickly Double Its Nuclear Stockpile

By W.J. Hennigan and John Walcott

The INF Treaty Withdrawal Could Reshape Nuclear Threat

By W.J. Hennigan

Trump's Latest Defense Plans Could Spark Arms Race

By W.J. Hennigan
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Why the Trump Administration Just Gave Russia an Ultimatum on Nuclear Weapons

Two months after threatening to rip up a 31-year-old nuclear arms agreement with Russia, the Trump Administration publicly set a two-month timeline for formal withdrawal. State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the United States intends...

By W.J. Hennigan

Has Trump Met the Burden of Proof for Ripping Up an Arms Deal With Russia?

Citing classified intelligence information, President Donald Trump revealed the U.S. government’s intention to withdraw from a landmark arms control treaty with Russia that has kept mid-range nuclear-tipped missiles off the European continent for three decades....

By W.J. Hennigan

Trump to Withdraw From Nuclear Treaty

President Donald Trump revealed Saturday the United States intends to withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Russia, delivering a severe blow to the arms control regime that helped preserve peace since the Cold...

By W.J. Hennigan

North Korea Is Tearing Down Parts of a Launch Site

North Korea has begun dismantling several structures and facilities around a launch site used to test technology associated with its long-range ballistic missile program, according to new commercial satellite imagery, the first sign of progress...

By W.J. Hennigan

Plutonium Was Stolen From an SUV in a Texas Marriott Parking Lot Last Year. No One Knows Where It Is

The SUV was parked overnight in a high-crime area with the nuclear material in the back seat

By Gina Martinez

How Trump Could Reset the Russia Conversation With an Arms Deal

In light of the indictments Friday of a dozen Russian intelligence officers on charges of meddling in the 2016 election, there have been public calls for President Donald Trump to cancel his much-anticipated summit with...

By W.J. Hennigan

This Is What Trump Needs to Do to Make North Korea Get Rid of Their Nukes

It's premature to write the meeting off as a meaningless photo opportunity

By Kelsey Davenport

Here's How Hard It Will Be to Get Kim to Give Up His Nukes

No country that has amassed such an arsenal has ever given it up

By W.J. Hennigan

Experts Doubt Russia's Arsenal of Nuclear Weapons Would Work

The answer from the U.S. government appears to be: No

By W.J. Hennigan

Putin's 'Invincible' Missile Claim Comes at a Bad Time

The U.S. and Russia have fewer safeguards against conflicts than in the past

By W.J. Hennigan

China: India's Missile Test Is a 'Direct Threat'

India's Agni 5 missile test traveled for 19 minutes and 3,000 miles, putting China's eastern coastal cities in range

By Eli Meixler

How a Real Ballistic Missile Attack in Hawaii Would Play Out

Hawaii's false ballistic missile alert was the latest reminder of the nuclear threat that North Korea poses to the U.S. amid the rising tensions and war of words between the two nation’s leaders. “BALLISTIC MISSILE...

By W.J. Hennigan

Nuclear Officers: Trump 'A Clear and Present Danger'

Trump's "inflammatory rhetoric has put the United States on a collision course with North Korea," they wrote

By Eli Meixler

How Trump Would Order a Nuclear Launch

To clairfy: there's not a real button

By Alana Abramson

Trump Missile Plan Would Break Russia Treaty

Buried inside the mammoth $700 billion defense bill President Donald Trump signed last month is a relatively miniscule $25 million to fund development of a new road-mobile, ground-launched cruise missile. The program could be easily...

By W.J. Hennigan

'It's Crazy.' Lindsey Graham Says It's Time to Move Americans Out of Korea

After North Korea launched another missile test late last month

By Billy Perrigo
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