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An air-launched tactical nuclear weapon capability would not address short-term security concerns of the United Kingdom and ...
A former intelligence officer's 1980 reflections on selecting Cold War targets are worth revisiting in the wake of the second Trump administration, but perhaps not for the reasons you might imagine.
Four top Princeton University experts sketch a possible regional multinational nuclear consortium whose initial core partners ...
President Trump and his aids brokered a series of AI deals worth billions during their Gulf tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. Credit: White House Photo by Molly Riley President Donald Trump’s ...
With the federal government pulling back from disaster preparation and response, there is a need for other types of ...
Ukraine's use of low-cost quadcopters shows how drones can lower the barrier to obtaining long-range precision strike capabilities.
Diya Ashtakala is a research associate with the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
An extraordinary three-part series on Israeli television, The Atom and Me, lays out how the country got its nuclear weapons. It takes for granted what anyone who pays attention has known for years.
The popular image of the Arctic is as a “frozen North,” which it was for all of human history until a couple of centuries ago. In that view, intrepid explorers and scientists clatter over tundra and ...
Mention military space operations and most people, even sophisticates in Washington, conjure up images of Star Wars: Laser-powered firearms, star fighters and battleships, and cosmic fireball ...
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Comau Fjord is a sliver of sea framed by thickly forested mountain slopes. Melting glaciers peek between the crags. Waterfalls tumble down ...
In late October 2023, the Pentagon announced—to the surprise of many, including congressional staffers who work on these issues—that it was pursuing a new nuclear weapon to be known as the B61-13, a ...