Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2018 - United States Special Weapons News
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- US Senators Slam Pentagon's Leaked Report Over Potential Risks of Nuclear War Sputnik 30 Jan 2018 -- More than a dozen of US senators in a letter warned President Donald Trump that the administration's policies detailed in a leaked Defense Department report will likely lead to the outbreak of a nuclear war.
- Feinstein, Senators Fear Trump Administration Nuclear Posture Review Policies 'Raise the Real Possibility of Nuclear Conflict' Senator Feinstein 29 Jan 2018 -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today led a dozen of their Senate colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to reconsider policies outlined in a leaked draft of its Nuclear Posture Review that would lead to the development of new nuclear weapons and reintroduction of Cold War-era weapons systems that would be unnecessary and destabilizing.
- Moscow Accuses US of Deliberately Delaying Scrapping Own Chemical Weapons Sputnik 26 Jan 2018 -- The United States ia deliberately pushing back the deadline for the complete destruction of its own chemical arsenals, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday in a commentary on the January 23 Paris meeting of the so-called International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons.
- Trump administration warned against developing new nukes Press TV 25 Jan 2018 -- As the administration of US President Donald Trump prepares to unveil its review of the US nuclear posture, more experts are warning that developing a new type of nuclear weapons to meet President Donald Trump's demands would trigger an arms race.
- US Budget Delays Could Derail Secret Nuclear Bomber Production, USAF Warns Sputnik 19 Jan 2018 -- US Air Force (USAF) leaders have warned that Congress' budget woes may have an adverse effect on plans to continue development of the B-21 Raider, the stealth aircraft meant to eventually become the Air Force's nuclear bomber of choice.
- Pentagon Plans to Develop New Low Yield Nuke, Nuke-Armed Cruise Missile - Reports Sputnik 16 Jan 2018 -- The weapons are ostensibly meant to be a response to growing Russian and Chinese military capabilities, according to a draft of the report seen by the Wall Street Journal.
- Trump's nuclear strategy seeks new weapons to 'deter' Russia Press TV 14 Jan 2018 -- US President Donald Trump's administration intends to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter Russian threats to its European allies, further claiming that it aims to make nuclear conflict less likely.
- US plans to develop more 'usable' nuclear warheads Press TV 10 Jan 2018 -- A former US official says the administration of President Donald Trump plans to adopt a hawkish position on the use of nuclear weapons.
- US to Remove Constraints on Nuclear Arsenal, Develop New Tactical Warheads Sputnik 10 Jan 2018 -- US President Donald Trump has sent his administration's plan for the nation's nuclear program to the country's defense bodies and will soon unfetter the arsenal to include controversial miniaturized nuclear devices.
- US Plans to Send 'Clear Deterrent Message' to Russia, China and N Korea Sputnik 10 Jan 2018 -- US President Donald Trump's administration plans to diminish constraints on the use of nuclear weapons and create a new low-yield nuclear warhead for Trident ballistic missiles to deter Russia, The Guardian has reported, citing an Obama-era special assistant on arms control and nonproliferation.
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