Podvig: I don’t think this system [Russia’s Avangard] brings any new capability that the existing weapons like ICBMs don’t have

(Daily Beast) The United States, Russia, and China all tested new super-fast “hypersonic” munitions in 2018, escalating a global competition for weaponry that can strike farther and harder than ever…

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“Не блеф”. Систему “путинской” ракеты США разрабатывали в 1950-х

“Нет, с нами никто по существу не хотел разговаривать, нас никто не слушал. Послушайте сейчас”, – сказал Владимир Путин Федеральному собранию, демонстрируя графическую анимацию новых систем российского стратегического оружия. Привлечь внимание и…

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The INF Treaty culprit identified. Now what?

(Russian Forces blog) The word is that U.S. administration has finally identified the cruise missile that it suspects to violate the INF Treaty. In his remarks at the Wilson Center, Christopher…

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Production of new highly enriched uranium in Russia for the FRM-II in Germany

(IPFM blog) (Co-authored with A. Glaser) The Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM-II) has been using Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) for many years. It has now become clear that since 2012 Russia…

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Что мы (не) знаем о российских испытаниях баллистических ракет

26 сентября российские войска стратегического назначения провели испытания межконтинентальной баллистической ракеты РС-12М «Тополь». Пуск ракеты был произведен с полигона Капустин Яр. Ракета поразила цель на испытательном полигоне Сары-Шаган. Как сообщило российское Министерство обороны,…

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Is it too late to have an informed discussion about the INF treaty?

(Russianforces.org) The situation with the INF Treaty is getting worse pretty rapidly. U.S. Congress is moving to include what is known as "INF Treaty Preservation Act" in the National Defense Authorization bill.…

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Q & A with Podvig on nuclear weapons and non-proliferation

(Reddit) Pavel Podvig is the researcher behind the RussianForces.org web site, the editor of the book "Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces." He is currently based in Geneva where he works as a…

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Blurring the line between nuclear and nonnuclear weapons: Increasing the risk of accidental nuclear war?

(Routledge) In the past few months, there have been a number of provocative events between Russia and the West: Russian jets buzz US warships in the Black Sea. Turkey, a…

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A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) The call for nuclear disarmament that President Barack Obama made in his Berlin speech on June 19 was somewhat underwhelming. His proposed reductions—of up to…

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Soviet Nuclear Tests in 1953

The website AtomHistory.ru published a very interesting document from the early days of the Soviet nuclear weapons program. It's the first page of the Decision of the Council of…

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