Maintaining deterrence requires clear-eyed assessments of our own nuclear and conventional weapons, their doctrines for use, the health of the enterprise that operates them and the trade-offs ...

This extends even to the UK’s nuclear deterrent, with many questioning whether the UK needs a nuclear weapons system that is less dependent on the US for maintenance and support. Unlike most US allies ...

“One of the challenges in constituting a European nuclear deterrence capability is Russian perception,” she explained. “Russia sees the United States as the main driving force behind ...

The Trump administration’s hostile rhetoric towards Europe, including remarks about potentially withdrawing or relocating US troops stationed there, has reignited debates about Europe’s nuclear ...

Since 1945, deterrence has largely hinged on the threat of overwhelming retaliation. Nuclear weapons serve not because they are meant to be used, but because the fear of their use is meant to ...

This project would reconsider deterrence and look at the role of nuclear weapons in deterring different kinds of attacks and ask where deterrence still makes sense as a part of U.S. defense strategy ...

"Nuclear deterrence depends above all on credibility, and so it is not wise to debate it publicly,” said German lawmaker Nils Schmid, the Social Democrats’ foreign policy spokesperson, during a ...

The leaders of France and Poland are set to sign a treaty Friday aimed at extending French nuclear deterrence over central Europe, Polish media reported. “The provision in the treaty with France ...

A look at the major missile systems currently in service or under development with the Indian Armed Forces, covering their ...

SYDNEY, April 11 (Reuters) - Australia is buying nuclear-powered submarines as a deterrent, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, adding that the AUKUS treaty that has come under ...

Perhaps, but we do have a major weapon at our disposal in the UK. According to the Ministry of Defence’s YouTube channel and the government’s website, we have a significant nuclear deterrent that ...