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Zero Hedge — China Accelerates Next-Gen Nuclear Weapons Development To Compete With US, Russia

Keeping abreast of the arms race. As we have been documenting over the last year and beyond, China is rapidly modernizing its military; unveiling a new stealth bomber, an array of guided-weapons, and deploying further from home. Their most recent focus has been on next generation nuclear weapons - as Beijing ramps up blast experiments for nukes comprised of smaller, smarter warheads designed to limit damage by targeting specific targets, according to the South China Morning Post…. China's...

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Doug Tsuruoka — ‘Star Wars’ missile defense is back, but not how it should be

Another multi-trillion dollar boondoggle in the works that could have been avoided. The Anglo-American defense industry will be pleased.Asia Times‘Star Wars’ missile defense is back, but not how it should be Doug Tsuruoka  | Editor At LargeSee also"Lest we forget." An indisputable fact is that what has led to both World Wars – that was British politics, or, if you prefer, whatever acted through it. However, there is an interesting difference between the activities of London in 1914 and...

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Dave Majumdar — Russia Just Revealed How It Will Fight the Wars of the Future (And Its Shocking)

More arms race stuff. Should be worth a few trillion. The big concern for United States and NATO is that if Russia realizes its vision, it will have the ability to precisely strike deep inside alliance territory. That means that Russian force will be able to strike at infrastructure such as air bases deep inside alliance territory. “The U.S. must plan to counter a wide variety of UASs along with space-based assets,” Bendett said. “Not to mention countering potential deep-strike capability...

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Asia Unhedged — Russia, China eclipse US in hypersonic missiles: Pentagon

Arms race. Others have noted to Asia Unhedged that the US defense establishment’s goal when speaking to lawmakers is to drum up support for more funding. Exaggerating threats, or short comings, instills a sense of urgency for additional investment in arms development. Asia TimesRussia, China eclipse US in hypersonic missiles: Pentagon Asia Unhedged See also Russia Insider Winner of Putin's Name Contest for 'Miracle Weapons' - a 14th c. Christian Monk!Charles Bausman also...

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Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race? Aaron Maté interviews Stephen F. Cohen

Look, it's bogus. It's fiction. It's B.S. It's disinformation. It's American propaganda. The reality is this: Russia has been protesting about the, once we left, Washington left the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, Russia has been protesting what we've been building. We told Russia, why are you worried? It has nothing to do with Russia. This is all about Iran and, quote, rogue states, unidentified.... This was about Russia. The Russians knew it. You and I knew it. Everybody knew it... Then...

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