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"A nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies and partners is unacceptable, and will result in the end of whatever regime were to take such an action," Biden said during an afternoon Rose Garden news conference with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years, a conspicuous show of support to Seoul amid growing concern about nuclear threats by North Korea, according to senior Biden administration officials.

Nuclear arms control has been a fact of U.S. strategic deterrent efforts since at least 1972 when the Nixon administration and Congress ratified the A...

Unless China can be persuaded to change its attitude toward transparency in its nuclear forces and deterrent policies, and that Russia and China both agree to seriously put all strategic and regional nuclear forces on the table for verifiable limits, arms control may go away as a major construct of U.S. deterrent policy.

To meet nonproliferation goals, Biden must commit to nuclear modernization John D. Maurer January 22 Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Military planners in Washington and elsewhere will be taking note of new missile technology displayed by China, particularly the hypersonic Dong Feng 17 or DF17 ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all ex...

Biden proposing 5-year extension of nuke treaty with Russia, says US official January 21 President Joe Biden waits to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty limiting the number of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Thursday. Biden’s national security adviser Jak...

As Biden takes office, key nuclear and missile defense decisions loom January 19 A Milestone B decision on the replacement for Americas nuclear cruise missile is one of the many issues facing President-elect Joe Bidens nuclear and missile defense experts. (Tech. Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — When U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, his national security team will have to work quickly to make calls on a number of key nuclear and missile defense decisions, a...