GOP senators back Bush-era missile defense system to punish Putin Guy Taylor March 30, 2014 The Obama administration is failing to seize on a rare strategic chance, presented by Russia’s increasingly aggressive military posturing around Ukraine, to expand the U.S. missile defense footprint in Eastern Europe, says a group of influential Republican lawmakers. Several members […]

With Russia, we must ‘walk and chew gum’ By Robert Gard March 26, 2014 The March 25 editorial “Losing sleep over Russia and nuclear proliferation,” laid out the importance of the U.S.-Russian relationship, despite Crimea. However, Russian aggression in Crimea has caused some experts to believe all U.S.-Russian cooperation is DOA. Yet, nuclear inspections under […]

VOA News By Victor Beattie March 24, 2014 On the sidelines of the 53-nation nuclear security summit at The Hague Monday, Japan announced it is transferring hundreds of kilograms of highly-enriched uranium and plutonium used for research to the United States to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism. Yosuke Isozaki, the national security adviser to […]

Iranian Navy Ends Week of Threats With Announcement of New Weapons By Paul D. Shinkman March 24, 2014 World leaders gathered in the Netherlands Monday to boast about progress made in protecting nuclear weapons against terrorism and other threats, while also providing a forum to discuss the creeping security issues du jour. The two-day biennial […]

Could the U.S. Face a Cruise Missile Threat from the Gulf of Mexico? Diane Barnes March 21, 2014 The United States is puzzling over how to block cruise missiles that theoretically could be launched from the Gulf of Mexico, even after throwing some of its most advanced technologies at the problem. Russia and Iran have […]