Vladimir Putin Opens Russian ‘Military Disneyland’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s State Department Authorized Billions in Arms Sales to Foundation Donors

David Sirota / Truthdig May 29, 2015 As secretary of state, Clinton was charged with rejecting or approving weapons deals -- and when it came to Clinton Foundation donors, Clinton's State Department did a whole lot of approving. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thomas K. Jones, Arms Negotiator Who Made the Derided ‘Enough Shovels’ Remark, Dies at 82

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 25, 2015 Thomas K. Jones, a high-ranking official in the Reagan administration who was likened to Dr. Strangelove because of his controversial comments, has died. Jones, in a 1982 interview with Robert Scheer (now Truthdig editor-in-chief), said that Americans could survive a Soviet nuclear attack by digging residential trenches. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Guns in Classroom

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U.S. May Supply Weapons to Ukrainian Forces

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 2, 2015 American officials on Sunday signaled their openness to supplying the Ukrainian military with arms in their fight against Russian-backed separatists, The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘An Awfully Expensive Hammer to Hit a Couple of Cheap Nails’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 10, 2014 "Last Saturday’s strikes" against Islamic State "are indicative of a key complexity of the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq and Syria," Foreign Policy's Justine Drennan writes at Stars and Stripes. "In throwing its hugely expensive 21st-century weaponry at a band of insurgents, the Pentagon is using planes that can cost nearly $200 million apiece against pickup trucks costing virtually pennies in comparison." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A New Nuclear Arms Race: Why Peace Activists Must Wage an Open Battle Against the Democratic Party

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Barack Obama never had a truly independent policy for peace If we say that Obama was constrained by a renewed collision of imperial spheres of interest, we are telling only the convenient half of a half-truth. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Russia and Egypt Reportedly Strike $3.5 Billion Arms Deal

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Sep 18, 2014 A top Russian military official said Wednesday that the country had made a sizable preliminary arms deal with Egypt to sell $3.5 billion worth of weapons to the North African nation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

President Obama Tightens the Screws on Russia With New Sanctions (Video)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 30, 2014 It has been 12 days since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over east Ukraine, and Tuesday, previous rumblings that the airborne incident would lead to further strain between the U.S. and Russia came to fruition. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Official: Arms Control Work With Russia to Continue

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2014 The White House's top arms control official said Wednesday that U.S. cooperation with Russia on agreements limiting nuclear arsenals would survive the worst East-West tensions in years sparked by Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cold War Redux?

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch May 30, 2013 Did Washington just give Israel the green light for a future attack on Iran via an arms deal? Did Russia just signal its further support for Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime via an arms deal? Are the Russians, the Chinese, and the Americans all heightening regional tensions in Asia via arms deals? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )