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Nuclear modernization speeding up as arms control on the brink: report
An annual report by SIPRI comes as nuclear modernization is kicking into high gear
By Aaron Mehta
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Russia slams US arguments for low-yield nukes
The U.S. State Department argued in a paper released last week that fitting the low-yield nuclear warheads to submarine-launched ballistic missiles would help counter potential new threats from Russia and China.
Here’s how many billions the US will spend on nuclear weapons over the next decade
Expect the U.S. to spend a lot of money over the next decade on building up its nuclear arsenal.
By Aaron Mehta
North Korea dismisses Trump's threat, warns of 'absolute force'
North Korea on Wednesday officially dismissed President Donald Trump’s threats of “fire and fury,” declaring the American leader “bereft of reason” and warning ominously, “Only absolute force can work on him.”
North Korea may have just shown a capability to strike the continental US
North Korea launched another ballistic missile Friday morning and experts believe it may have been, for the first time, an intercontinental ballistic missile with the capability to strike the continental United States.
By Tara Copp, Aaron Mehta and Andrew Tilghman