U.S. Should Accept Putin’s Offer to Negotiate on Nukes

David Krieger / Truthdig Mar 7, 2018 The Russian president has opened the door for the two most powerful nuclear powers on the planet to resolve their differences. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pence Won’t Rule Out Meeting With N. Korea in Pyeongchang

ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2018 The vice president, on a trip to Asia, says "we'll see what happens" vis-a-vis meeting with North Korean officials at the upcoming Olympics in South Korea. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is This Really the Best Time for a Missile Test?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 4, 2013 In Russia and Syria on Tuesday, people woke to the news that missiles had been launched from the Mediterranean Sea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Regardless of Obama’s Gaffe, Nuclear Missile Defense Remains a Useless Endeavor

William Pfaff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 European missile defense against the threat of hypothetical Iranian nuclear missile attack is a make-work project for the American aerospace industry and always has been. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama’s Private Missile Talk With Medvedev Goes Public

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2012 During what he apparently thought was a private huddle with his Russian counterpart at a nuclear summit meeting in Seoul, South Korea, President Barack Obama was caught in a hot-mic moment, giving Dmitry Medvedev an election-year pointer on the delicate subject of missile defense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Breaks Out the Iron Dome

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2011 Following a recent spate of violence in the relentless Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel is trying out a new anti-rocket defense system known as Iron Dome to guard the city of Beersheba, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

West Virginia Republican Wants 1,000 Sky Lasers

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 Aspiring senator John Raese has said some strange things, but it's hard to top "We need 1,000 laser systems put in the sky and we need it right now. That is [of] paramount importance." Raese is so worried about nuclear attack, you see, he would like to deploy "right now" a technology that probably won't be workable for at least 20 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Rattles Its Missiles

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2010 Iran claims it is about to deploy a new short-range missile defense system aimed at shooting down cruise missiles and is in the "design and production phase" of several other defensive systems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iranian Missiles No Match for U.S. Shield, Pentagon Says

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2010 If Iran ever has the capability to lob a nuclear missile at the U.S., the Pentagon is "very confident" the missile interceptors already in place would foil such an attack. Said interceptors don’t always work, but the military is still upbeat about our chances. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Romania to Host U.S. Missile Shield

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2010 In an announcement more apt for a dinner party than a defense memorandum, Romania has agreed to host a new U missile shield in its territory aimed at protecting Western interests from the "emerging threat" of Iranian ballistic missiles. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia, U.S. Clash (Again) Over Missile Shield Issue

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 Despite US-Russian progress since Barack Obama's inauguration on the sticky issue of the United States' planned missile shield system, the two sides are not completely in agreement on the matter In fact, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has brought it up again in conjunction with (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Puzzling, Dangerous U.S. Policy Comes to an End

William Pfaff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2009 President Barack Obama's cancellation of his predecessor's missile-defense scheme for Poland and the Czech Republic presumably brings to a close one of the least explicable and most dangerous American policy initiatives since the Cold War officially ended. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )