“We’re at risk of an arms race”: US-Russian nuclear arms treaty expires

Garrett Owen, Salon

Lawmakers fear a global arms race as the last treaty comes to an end.

Does Trump's nuclear testing raise the stakes - or are we already in an arms race?

BBC News

Experts tell the BBC a US resumption of nuclear weapons testing would be a radical shift and spark a nuclear arms race.

Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar

Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, The Intercept

Israel's bombing of Qatar interrupted ceasefire negotiations in a war made possible by U.S. support. The post Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar appeared first on The Intercept.

Opinion | Trump once openly discussed nuclear disarmament. What happened?

Ben Cohen, MSNBC

President Trump once appeared to push for nuclear disarmament for the U.S. yet went on to renege on that promise in dealings with Iran, China and Russia.

What is the missile treaty Russia has walked out of – and why?

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The Kremlin has accused Washington of deploying missile platforms around the world. But did the treaty matter earlier?

Russia’s Medvedev issues warning as Moscow says not bound by missile treaty

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns of 'further steps', blaming NATO's 'anti-Russian policy'.

Medvedev reminds Trump of Russia's Doomsday nuclear strike capabilities as war of words escalates

Yahoo Entertainment

U.S. Nuclear Energy Policy Could Accelerate Weapons Proliferation

Alan J. Kuperman, Scientific American

The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic terrorism or even nuclear war results

For Decades, a Treaty Contained the Threat of Nuclear Weapons. Now That’s All at Risk.

Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine

Trump did not create this situation, but he has accelerated its centrifugal forces.

Trump reiterates Iran nuclear talking points despite swirling questions

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

US president denies multiple reports and accounts that say US strikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities.

How Biden Is to Blame for Israel and the U.S.’s 12-Day War Against Iran

Jamal Abdi, The Intercept

Biden’s failure to reenter Obama’s nuclear deal helped create the risk for a potentially catastrophic U.S. war against Iran. The post How Biden Is to Blame for Israel and the U.S.’s 12-Day War Against Iran appeared first on The Intercept.

Trump is using “diplomacy as a ruse” to strike Iran

Al Jazeera English

“Iran is willing to engage diplomatically, but what we’ve not seen is any good faith from the United States.”

Strikes on Iran showed the need for stealthy submarines that can launch a whole lot of missiles. The US Navy is about to lose that.

Chris Panella, Business Insider

A guided-missile submarine launched 30 cruise missiles into Iran. The US will retire subs key to that capability.

WATCH: Damage to Iran's nuclear sites under review

ABC News

New video shows the B-2 stealth bombers taking off on their historic mission to strike Iran's nuclear sites as new satellite images show the damage left behind by bunker-buster bombs.

Were U.S. Strikes On Iran's Nuclear Program Successful?

Geoff Brumfiel, NPR

The U.S. entered Israel's war against Iran over the weekend, dropping bombs and firing missiles on three Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. We hear from some experts on whether they think the attacks were successful in damaging or destroying Iran's abilit…

Is Iran's nuclear program 'obliterated'? What we know so far about the damage done

Julia Jacobo, ABC News

The amount of damage the targeted sites of Iran's nuclear program sustained may be unclear, based on conflicting statements from officials and experts.

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran's nuclear deal

JON GAMBRELL, Yahoo Entertainment

Much of the focus on Iran's nuclear program has been on Tehran's enrichment of uranium, but experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic's Arak...

Israeli president calls on the world to help destroy Iran nuclear sites

Daniel Estrin, NPR

Israel's President Isaac Herzog spoke with NPR in his official residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday, as President Trump was still weighing whether to intervene.

A New Nuclear Calculus?

Thorsten Benner, Project Syndicate

With Donald Trump's return to the White House having cast doubt on longstanding security guarantees, some policymakers and strategists across the American alliance network are considering whether they will need their own nuclear deterrence. Is the global nucl…

Israel strikes may make Iran more determined to pursue nuclear programme

Mat Nashed, Al Jazeera English

Analysts believe that Iran may accelerate efforts to acquire a nuclear bomb as it faces a major Israeli assault.

Will the US get drawn into the Israel-Iran war?

Joshua Keating, Vox

In announcing Israel’s strikes against Iran’s military leadership and nuclear program last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the case that Israel had “no choice but to act, and act now” in response to recent advances in Iran’s capabilities that pu…

Israel may have just pushed Iran across the nuclear line

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Mohammad Eslami, Al Jazeera English

The strikes meant to prevent Iran from going nuclear may instead push it to build the bomb.

Trump Calls on Iran to Agree to Nuclear Deal ‘Before There Is Nothing Left’

Nikkimccannramirez, Rolling Stone

After Israel launched attacks on Iran’s military leaders and nuclear infrastructure, Trump said Iran now has “a second chance” at a nuclear deal

Israel's trying to wipe out Iran's nuke program. It won't be an easy kill.

Jake Epstein, Business Insider

Iran has many scientists with nuclear expertise and has stored its most critical facilities in bunkers that may be beyond the reach of Israel's bombs.