On 14 October, NATO’s annual nuclear exercise, Steadfast Noon, began to test and enhance the Alliance’s nuclear deterrence capabilities. The exercise highlights NATO’s commitment to nuclear deterrence to maintain peace… Continue reading "NATO’s Steadfast Noon Nuclear Exercise Gets Underway"
India’s Strategic Force Command (SFC) carried out a user trial of the Agni-4 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha on September 06, 2024.… Continue reading "India Carries Out Successful Test of its 4,000KM Range Agni-4 IRBM"
The Indian Navy has commissioned its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine – INS Arighat. Arighat is the second submarine of the 6,000-tonne Arihant class submarines. India started its Advanced Technology… Continue reading "India commissions its second Arihant class SSBN – INS Arighat"
The second half of May 2024 can be considered one of the most concerning in regard to the nuclear weapons use threshold. The development of the international situation and posturing… Continue reading "Nuclear Tensions Simmer Following Nuclear Drills & Ukraine Radar Attack"
As part of the final phase of the state test program, Russia’s new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser “Emperor Alexander the Third” conducted a test launch of the Bulava sea-based… Continue reading "Russian Nuclear Submarine ‘Emperor Alexander the Third’ Test Fires Bulava Ballistic Missile"
Last week, the US Department of Defense published its Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy – the first since 2014. According to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: “This Strategy… Continue reading "Department of Defense Publishes Counter WMD Strategy"
On 11 January, the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke in a former presidential office at Cheong Wa Dae about the rising tensions in the region and the increasingly threatening… Continue reading "South Korea’s President Announces Possibility of Obtaining Nuclear Weapons in a Historic Policy Reversal"
On 13 July, France’s parliament approved President Emmanual Macron’s 413 billion Euro spending boost to the nation’s armed forces. A part of France’s 2024-2026 budget it was previously announced by… Continue reading "French Parliament Approves Plans to Increase National Military Spending"
During a House of Representatives Armed Services Committee hearing U.S. Defence Department official, Colin Kahl, revealed that it is believed Iran could produce enough enriched fissile materials to produce a… Continue reading "Department of Defense: Iran Capable of Producing Fissile Materials ‘in about 12 days’"
On 29 November, the US Department of Defense delivered its annual report on Chinese military power to the US Congress. The report comes in at 174 pages and is the… Continue reading "US Department of Defense Releases New Report on Chinese Military and Security"