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Sokov: Russia Quick to Threaten Nuclear Strikes in Regional Conflicts

(USDI) The Soviet Union’s old doctrine was: You deter World War III with nuclear weapons. Now Russia’s new doctrine: Threaten to use nuclear weapons against any major power that may try…

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Podvig: Russian missile designers and military not threatened by US-backed shield

(Reuters) Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019, casting the move as a reply to a U.S.-backed missile shield, and may…

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Podvig: It’s possible Russia does not have a plan for anti-satellite missiles

(Newsmax) Russia held a successful flight test of an anti-satellite missile that has the capability of shooting down orbiting satellites, according to American defense officials. The Washington Free Beacon U.S. intelligence…

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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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Could Putin’s troops ‘be in Warsaw in two days’?

(EUobserver | Baev, Podvig) BRUSSELS – “If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kiev, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw, and Bucharest”,…

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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…

Russia and the Prompt Global Strike Plan

Prompt Global Strike is a concept the U.S. military has been developing since the start of the decade. Its goal is to give the U.S. military the capability to attack…

Who is in Charge?: Russia Handles Arms Control Negotiations

Russia has always considered arms control negotiations with the United States to be one of the most important elements of its foreign policy. Debates about strategic arms reductions and the…

U.S. – Russian Cooperation in Missile Defense: Is It Really Possible?

The idea of cooperation between the United States and Russia in the area of missile defense has been popular in Russia since at least the early 1990s. The degree of interest has…

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Sokov: Russia Quick to Threaten Nuclear Strikes in Regional Conflicts

Podvig: Russian missile designers and military not threatened by US-backed shield

Podvig: It’s possible Russia does not have a plan for anti-satellite missiles

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

Could Putin’s troops ‘be in Warsaw in two days’?

A case for unilateral US nuclear warhead reductions

Soviet Nuclear Tests in 1953

Russia and the Prompt Global Strike Plan

Who is in Charge?: Russia Handles Arms Control Negotiations

U.S. – Russian Cooperation in Missile Defense: Is It Really Possible?