a month ago.@StephenM: With the right tax, regulation, and trade policies, critical industries can come back HOME. What happens if there's a war and we don't have the ability to manufacture our own steel, aluminum, medicine, cars, and aircraftnnIt's a matter of national survival
2 months agoGermany's CDU/CSU of Friedrich Merz agrees with Social Democrats and Greens on a gigantic new debt package for defense, infrastructure and climate. The deal paves the way for historic changes to Germany's debt brake next week amid new security challenges (Russia, Trump)
2 months agoRussia's representative to international organizations in Vienna: Iran intends to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if sanctions return
2 months ago Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter
2 months ago Foreign Minister of Ukraine: Ukraine withstood the most horrific military attack in Europe’s modern history and three years of a total war. The Ukrainian people and their President @ZelenskyyUa refused to give in to Putin’s pressure. Nobody can force Ukraine to give up. We will defend our right to exist
3 months ago Kremlin: Putin wants to resume nuclear non-proliferation talks
3 months ago US President Trump to Putin regarding: Ukraine war. "We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better"
4 months ago "We've made clear we're prepared to further augment our [nuclear] posture if Russia continues to violate New START and refuses to engage" per Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer
4 months ago Putin: IRBM Oreshnik range is up to 5500kms, claims "missile defense in Poland cannot intercept it"
5 months ago Rearmament of Russia's ground-based strategic nuclear forces completed, - Chief of General Staff reports
5 months ago Further cooperation in the field of nuclear disarmament with states unfriendly to the Russian Federation has become politically unacceptable, said Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Ryabkov.
5 months ago White House @PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre: We are aware of Russia's launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine. We briefed Ukraine and our close allies partners in recent days to help them prepare
5 months ago Russia fired an intermediate-range missile, not ICBM, at Ukraine, U.S. officials say
5 months ago President Zelensky commenting on the ballistic missile strike in Dnipro city says all characteristics of the missile, including speed and altitude, point that it was ICBM
5 months agoUkrainian air defense shot down 6 cruise missiles. According to Ukrainian air forces Russia also launched Kh-47m2 Kinzhal missile and ICBM from Astrakhan region towards Dnipro city
5 months ago Macron at G20: China has important role in avoiding nuclear escalation
5 months ago A NSC spokesman says the White House is "not surprised by Russia’s announcement that it would update its nuclear doctrine; Russia had been signaling its intent to update its doctrine for several weeks. Observing no changes to Russia’s nuclear posture
6 months ago Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council: Russia will use nuclear weapons if its existence is threatened
7 months ago "We have never said that we want to create nuclear weapons," — Zelensky
7 months ago Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons to protect itself or NATO. Now we are choosing NATO, — President of Ukraine Zelenskyi
7 months ago State Secretary Blinken says Putin's comments on nuclear threat "Totally irresponsible" - MSNBC interview
7 months ago Kremlin: Putin chairs Russian Security Council meeting on nuclear deterrence
7 months ago Kremlin: West collectively at war with Russia
7 months ago Ukrainian Foreign Minister: According to Ukrainian intelligence, Kremlin is preparing strikes on Ukrainian nuclear energy critical objects ahead of winter. In particular, it concerns open distribution devices at NPPs and transmission substations, critical for the safe operation of nuclear energy
8 months ago US Air Force Secretary: US Will View Russia as Threat Regardless of Outcome of Ukraine Conflict
8 months ago US State Department: We have been clear that we will not be a party to this war, but we will continue to help Ukraine defend itself
8 months ago Russian envoy to UNSC says lifting restrictions on the western weapons in Ukraine would mean the war between NATO countries and Russia
8 months ago Putin said that strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russia with high-precision Western weapons would mean direct participation of the US and NATO in military operations
8 months ago Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Burns says that in autumn 2022 there was a "genuine risk" of a tactical nuclear weapon release by Russia
8 months agoRussia is building a deployment facility likely for the operation of the Burevestnik nuclear cruise missile at a nuclear warhead storage facility outside Vologda
