It is the first time that Washington had accused Pyongyang of such large-scale assistance to Moscow.
Some Russian officials say the country will adhere to its nuclear testing moratorium but President Vladimir Putin is noncommittal.
After long resisting, the United States delivered ATACMS, which Ukraine’s president said were used successfully on the battlefield.
The Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States suggests that in response to Russia’s nuclear and military behavior and the anticipated growth of China’s strategic nuclear arsenal, the United States must be prepared to add more capability and flexibility to the U.S. strategic deterrent and enhance its missile defense capabilities.
Consideration by the Russian Duma to “de-ratify” the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) would be a "clumsy, self-defeating gimmick," say nuclear nonproliferation experts with no effect on United States nuclear test ban policy.
Even though the world is not yet completely free of chemical weapons, the CWC has significantly reduced the threat.
The North Korean and Russian leaders called for stronger cooperation during a meeting that had a heavy focus on military issues.
New construction at nuclear test facilities in China, Russia, and the United States is stoking global apprehension.
The United States and Iran took steps to de-escalate tensions over the past few weeks, but it is unclear if the progress will lead to a resumption of talks over Iran’s advancing nuclear program. Meanwhile, the E3 will keep in place certain sanctions on Iran and the IAEA states current safeguards issues remain unresolved.
Nongovernmental leaders in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, as well as high-level former government officials, scientists, and downwinders are calling on governments take urgent action to counter growing threats to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the de facto global nuclear test moratorium.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke to the annual meeting of the Arms Control Association on June 2, ... Sullivan said just what needed to be said about the continuing risk of nuclear conflict: that the Biden administration would continue the long U.S. tradition of leadership in finding ways to reduce that danger.
Four decades later, SDI continues to shape the international dialogue on strategic stability.
Despite Russian comments, a U.S. spokesperson said the Biden administration privately conveyed an arms control proposal announced in June.
Some types of lethal U.S. and European military assistance to Ukraine, including cluster munitions, would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones
Providing some types of lethal U.S. and European military assistance to Ukraine would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones and those who will, someday, return to their cities, towns, and farms.