Category: nuclear weapons

Austin Says US Willing to Use Nukes to Defend Japan as 2 Nations Boost Military Cooperation

The United States is willing to use nuclear weapons to defend its ally Japan, and will defend Japan’s claim to the Senkaku Islands, which communist China claims as its own, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Jan. 11. His remarks came as the two countries agreed to deepen strategic and military cooperation in the face of…


Is China Preparing for War?

Commentary Each year, I have the pleasure of interviewing hundreds of applicants to the programs of an educational institute, of which I am the Academic Dean. In those interviews, I ask questions that motivate prospective students, mostly aged 15 to 18 years, to share opinions that they care deeply about but feel unable to discuss…


Russia’s Putin Issues Warning on Mounting Risk of Nuclear Conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of an “increasing” threat of nuclear war following months of steadily escalating rhetoric between Moscow and Washington. “This risk [of nuclear conflict] is increasing,” Putin said at a Dec. 7 meeting in Moscow of Russia’s Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights. “Why deny it?”…


US Presidents Refuse to Protect the US From North Korea’s Nukes

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Oct. 4 over Japan. The Hwasong-12 traveled farther downrange than any other of Pyongyang’s missiles. Setting a record pace, the test was the North’s 23rd of the year. Two days later, it fired off two short-range missiles. The Biden administration has done little to…


Did US Weakness Provoke a Russian Nuclear Threat?

Commentary According to President Joe Biden, the “prospect of armageddon” is higher than it has been since 1962. That’s when Washington and Moscow stared each other down over the Cuban missile crisis. Sixty years later, says Biden, the two powers may again be on the verge of starting World War III. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of…


Biden Compares Putin’s Alleged Threat to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine to Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday night compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to the potential “armageddon” of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Speaking to Democrat donors, Biden invoked the specter of the Cuban missile crisis while remarking on the state of the Russia–Ukraine war, as Ukraine’s forces recapture more territory in…


Biden Says World Faces ‘Prospect of Armageddon’ Over Putin’s Alleged Threat to Use Nuclear Weapons

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday night compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to the potential “Armageddon” of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Speaking to Democrat donors, Biden invoked the specter of the Cuban missile crisis while remarking on the state of the Russia–Ukraine war, as Ukraine’s forces recapture more territory in…


Biden Has Opened Door to Russian Nuke Strikes

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary “If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on the 25th of this month, referring to threats to use nuclear weapons. “The United States will respond decisively.” Sullivan was responding to, among other things, a…


North Korea Strengthens Nuclear Weapons Policy

Countering China: something both sides of the U.S. aisle agree on. But Republicans say they’ll take a different approach if they win the midterm elections. F-35 fighter jet deliveries are on pause—all because of a single part made in China. Is the United States still granting China access to microchip technology? A recent sales approval…


Top General Doesn’t Rule Out ‘Limited’ Nuclear War in Ukraine

Ukraine’s top military general warned that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it becomes desperate and said a “limited nuclear conflict” cannot be ruled out. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Gen. Valery Zaluzhny said that “there is a direct threat of the use, under certain circumstances, of tactical nuclear weapons by the Russian armed forces,”…