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Rob Mudge, DW: US Nuclear Posture Review: A bigger bang for the buck?
The United States has put countering China and Russia, dubbed "revisionist powers," at the center of a new national defense strategy. DW takes a look at what that entails.
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the then-Soviet Union possessed around 70,000 nuclear warheads between them — enough to destroy or poison every square centimeter of inhabited land on Earth several times over.
Somewhat ironically, the concept of "mutually assured destruction" (MAD), whereby the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender, was and is a guarantor of peace.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 6, 2018
China Tests System to Intercept Land-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles -- Sputnik
China Strengthens Missile Defense Near N.Korean Border -- Chosun Ilbo
China’s nuclear monitors help track activities in region, including N.Korea -- People.cn
EXCLUSIVE: New photos show China is nearly done with its militarization of South China Sea -- Inquirer
Philippines on China military build-up: No war option -- Al Jazeera
Boeing in Talks With Indian Navy to Sell F/A-18 Fighter Jets -- Bloomberg
Report: North Korea got nuclear knowhow via Berlin embassy -- DW
Kremlin: Russia deploying arms on its soil not cause for other countries’ concern -- TASS
Russian manufacturer promises to come up with high-tech grenade launcher projectiles -- TASS
Russia’s Pacific Fleet to get 4 upgraded nuclear subs by 2021 -- TASS
Russia Threatens No One By Deploying Iskander Systems in Kaliningrad - Kremlin -- Sputnik
Body of Su-25 pilot killed in Syria flown back to Russia -- TASS
South Korean T-50 catches fire at Singapore Airshow -- Defense News
French intelligence agency wants AI to help sort masses of raw data -- C4ISRNet
French official details intelligence-sharing relationship with Five Eyes -- Defense News
Pentagon Approves $735Mln Sale of Anti-Ship, Air-Defense Missiles to Finland -- Sputnik
U.S. Needs Allies in Era of Great Power Rivalry, Air Force Says -- Bloomberg
Air Force F-35 put through its paces in first Asia-Pacific deployment -- Defense News
New Black Hawk weapon system passes qualification -- UPI
US Air Force kills combat demo for light attack aircraft -- Defense News
USS Michael Monsoor 'exceeds' specifications in acceptance trials -- UPI
The U.S. Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle Might Get Even Bigger -- War Is Boring
Army issues new skis, gear for soldiers training to fight in the cold -- Army Times
Mystery of suspected China-CIA spy draws lawmaker scrutiny -- Politico
Pentagon confirms future year numbers in PB19 budget request -- Defense News
Math doesn’t add up for budget to support Trump military buildup -- Joe Gould, Defense News
House GOP’s six-week continuing resolution offers military, health care funding -- Defense News
In spite of military assurances, autonomous weapon research speeds ahead -- ZDNet
Deploy or get out: New Pentagon plan could boot thousands of non-deployable troops -- Military Times
Goodbye, tape test? Sweeping DoD fitness review underway -- Military Times
Four DARPA programs that lean on nature for inspiration -- C4ISRNet
US Air Force Looks For New Ways to Buy, Protect Satellites -- Defense One
The Pentagon Is Shifting US Combat Power From Iraq to Afghanistan — Again -- Task & Purpose
From doubt to full-throated support: How Mattis changed his mind on nuclear weapons -- Washington Post
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