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The Pentagon will eliminate the sole nuclear gravity bomb in the U.S. strategic weapons arsenal capable of blasting deeply buried underground structures as part of the Biden administration's review of strategic weapons policy, according to U.S. officials.

Baltimore Sun readers weigh in on Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and what the U.S. should - and shouldn't - do in response.

Most Americans view nuclear weapons as a relic of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in 1985 “that a nuclear war can never be

Most Americans view nuclear weapons as a relic of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in 1985 "that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought."

On December 9, 2010, it was decided that the design of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) would include eight fewer missile tubes than the 24 found on the Ohio-class SSBN.

Toggle open close The Biden Administration recently agreed to an unconditional five-year extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the Russian Federation before it was scheduled to expire on February 5, 2021. New START restricts the number of strategic nuclear delivery systems and warheads each country can deploy, but the treaty contains significant flaws. Instead of continuing the Trump Administration’s efforts to seek improvements to the treaty, the United States...

Russia’s Putin Signs Law Extending Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With US by 5 Years Russia’s lower and upper houses of parliament voted unanimously to ratify the extension on Wednesday. Russia said the extension will come into effect once the two sides have exchanged diplomatic notes after each completes their domestic procedures. The Kremlin’s statement said that “renewing the treaty meets the national interests of the Russian Federation, makes it possible to maintain the transparen...

The three legs of the triad, including intercontinental ballistic missiles and ballistic-launching nuclear submarines, are operating “decades beyond their design life,” Lt. Gen. James C. Dawkins Jr., the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, told a recent online discussion sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, while rivals such as China and Russia press ahead with major modernization plans. “Nuclear threats to our nation are increasing,” G...