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New U.S. Policy Allows Nuclear Responses to Non-Nuclear Attacks

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Feb 8, 2018 The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review calls for "low-yield" bombs on submarine-launched ballistic missiles. One critic charges that these weapons give Trump "a kind of gateway drug for nuclear war." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Ayatollah Is Right About One Thing: Nuclear Weapons Are Sinful

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 1, 2012 The supreme theocratic ruler of Iran is a dangerous madman never to be trusted with a nuclear weapon. How then to explain his recent seemingly logical and humane religious proclamations?The supreme theocratic ruler of Iran is a dangerous madman never to be trusted with a nuclear weapon. How then to explain his recent proclamations? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The End of Obama’s Vision of a Nuke-Free World

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 Fear of a nuclear Iran has generated irrational policies that will only hasten such an outcome Instead of listening to his own words, the president fell for that old lure, a great power with great bombs that tells others what to do. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Up, Up and Away: The West’s Hysterical Reaction to North Korea

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Apr 17, 2009 North Korea has come under strong international criticism and sanctions for its missile launch, but as a signatory to the 1966 Outer Space Treaty, it is legally permitted to pursue space launch activity. Besides, where is the pandemonium when Japan, Pakistan, Israel, India, Russia and the U.S. refine, test and launch their own ballistic missiles? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Nuclear Treaty Turns 40

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 Four decades ago, officials from countries around the world signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), pledging to bring the spread of those weapons to a halt. The treaty also pledged the signatories that possessed said weapons at the time -- such as the United States -- to get rid of their nuclear arms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )