Category: #Weapons

Biden administration expected to take ‘critical look’ at next-generation warhead, estimated to be twice as explosive as Trident Britain’s most senior defence official admitted there…

Taiwanese lawmaker describes the island’s efforts to bolster its defence as a ‘hedgehog’ strategy Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-taiwan-arms-china-boeing-chang-che-ping-b1393107.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it…

<p>Taiwan welcomes weapon sales, while emphasising that it is not in an arms race with China</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-taiwan-arms-deal-china-relations-trump-b1222153.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…

<p>The Pentagon has raised to $95.8 billion the estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 arsenal…

TEHRAN, Iran — A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as…

 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned on Saturday that his country would “fully mobilise” its nuclear force if threatened as he presided over a military…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the successful test launch of a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as a “big event” for the country Source:…

US senator brands move ‘dangerous escalation’ amid deepening ties between two nations Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-iran-missiles-maduro-trade-us-sanctions-colombia-duque-a9684151.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you….

The U.S. Army aired new video of its secretive hypersonic missile on Tuesday, a rare look at what President Donald Trump has previously described as…

On Tuesday, Washington, DC, resident Ed Felten tweeted an image of a black bulb resembling a Christmas ornament, lying in a patch of spring grass….

How did it come to this – and what does world history tell us about Trump’s dangerous de-regulation of arms control? Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-nuclear-testing-iran-china-russia-marshall-islands-a9542536.html Droolin’ Dog…

To go that fast, it would need a ridiculous amount of fuel—and even then, it might never come back down. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-new-missile-is-too-super-duper/ Droolin’ Dog sniffed…

Congressional Democrats say the State Department inspector general whom President Donald Trump fired last week was investigating possible impropriety in a massive arms sales to…

On Tuesday morning, North Korea launched short-range cruise missiles in the country’s fifth weapons test this year. So we got that going for us. Which…

A Chinese naval flotilla led by the country’s first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out…

The F-35, the next-generation fighter plane that the U.S. government is planning on dropping $1.5 trillion on at the same time it’s planning on slashing…

U.S. companies control 35% of the global arms industry. The growing weapons market is fueled by wars in the Middle East and by Trump’s excessive…

Iran ‘using continuing chaos’ to further their weapons arsenal Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-iraq-war-protests-trump-us-middle-east-oil-tanker-attack-a9233566.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was…

Despite many attempts by the US to derail Turkey’s plan to acquire the S-400 air defense missile systems, the state-of-the-art weapons will be fully active…

In the 1950s and 1960s, Americans genuinely and rightly feared the prospect of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. School children regularly participated in air…

An explosion that killed five Russian scientists during a rocket engine test this month was followed by a second blast two hours later, the likely…