U.S. Strategic Command
To Deter Russia, US Needs New Low-yield Nukes, says STRATCOM Head
WASHINGTON — During a congressional hearing, the head of U.S. Strategic Command defended the Trump administration's view that the United States will need new low-yield nuclear weapons to help deter Russia.
US Preparing to put Nuclear Bombers back on 24-Hour Alert!
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.
Concerns raised over military presence, nukes stored in Turkey
The U.S. should move its nuclear weapons from Incirlik Air Base and start looking for alternatives to the longtime military hub in Turkey, a country that can no longer be fully relied on, analysts and former military officials said.
The U.S. military maintains about 50 nuclear warheads at Incirlik, according to nuclear watchdog organizations.
North Korea launches a long-range rocket
North Korea has claims that it successfully launched a long-range rocket carrying what it has called a satellite drawing international condemnation.
The U.S. Strategic Command said it had detected a missile entering space, and South Korea’s military said the rocket had put an object into orbit, as Reuters reports.
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North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, US
North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbors and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N. sanctions and just weeks after a nuclear bomb test.