Arms Race
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Rethinking Engagement with North Korea
Last year, North Korea’s marked increase in missile launches was widely interpreted as a bid to sharpen its capability to target…
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There is no legal reason the US can’t supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn’t justify Biden’s decision to do so
The Biden administration announced on July 7, 2023, that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine – a deeply controversial move given…
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Critics say Turkey uses US-made F-16 fighters to kill civilians
So doesn’t this — and the $259 million in planned upgrades — violate Biden’s brand new arms transfer policy? Jacob…
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SIPRI report: Global military spending increases for eighth year in a row
Not surprisingly, the biggest surge in spending came in Europe, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Blaise Malley Responsible…
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F-35 upgrades slip to 2024, drawing lawmaker’s ire
WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will receive a slate of important hardware and software upgrades known as Technology Refresh…
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Killer drones and multi-billion dollar deals: Turkey’s rapidly-growing defense industry is boosting its global clout
It featured clips of missile launchers and Russian tanks in a drone’s crosshairs, as deep-voiced men sang the words in…
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Paul Keating’s AUKUS criticism will sting for Labor’s most senior ministers but it won’t stop the submarines deal
The relationship between the Labor government and the party’s elder statesman Paul Keating has been sunk. In truth, it was…
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What is the Aukus submarine deal and what does it mean? – the key facts
The four-phase plan has made nuclear arms control experts nervous … here’s why Ben Doherty and Daniel Hurst The Guardian In a…
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Yoon calls for drones to monitor NKorea
SEOUL: South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called for stronger air defense and high-tech stealth drones to better monitor…
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Is Washington Ignoring the North Korean Nuclear Threat?
The question of what to do about North Korea and its nuclear weapons program has fallen off Washington’s radar. Foreign…
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Killer Robots: Negotiate Treaty in New Forum
Delaying Needed Law Endangers Civilians, Generates Insecurity. HRW Governments should move the discussions of a treaty on autonomous weapons systems,…
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Confronting the North Korean Question in a Post-Unipolar World
Under the shadow of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s threat of nuclear weapons use in Ukraine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)…
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North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM
Alarms blared from cellphones, radios and public speakers and fishermen hurried back to shore in northern Japan on Thursday after North…
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Time to guarantee Greece and Cyprus a qualitative military edge
As the Cold War raged, the United States sought to cultivate both Israel and Arab allies. Michael Rubin Washington Examiner Each sought American…
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No American F-16s for anti-Western, anti-democratic, and belligerent Turkey
Now the Turks want to purchase 40 F-16s and upgrade kits for 80 more. Antonis Antoniou * Under no circumstances…
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The New Nuclear Age
In late June 2021, satellite images revealed that China was building 120 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos on the edge…
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