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Why Our Nuclear Weapons Can Be Hacked

by BRUCE G. BLAIR | Apr 1, 2017 | Opinion

In 2010, 50 nuclear-armed Minuteman missiles sitting in underground silos in Wyoming mysteriously disappeared from their launching crews’ monitors for nearly an hour. The crews could not have fired the missiles on presidential orders or discerned whether an enemy was...

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FILE – IN this Sept. 10, 2015 file photo, Taiwan’s military fire artillery from self-propelled Howitzers during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Hsinchu, north eastern Taiwan. China on Wednesday, Dec. 16 strongly criticized an expected U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, saying it should be canceled to avoid harming relations between Taipei and Beijing. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

China Warns Washington from Selling Weapons to Taiwan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2017 | World

Beijing- China on Monday reiterated its firm opposition to US arm sales to Taiwan amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a large shipment of advanced weaponry for the self-ruling island. “China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, this is...

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Congress Should Leave the Russia-Trump Inquiry to the FBI

by Eli Lake | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion

The one thing Republicans and Democrats in Congress can agree on when it comes to President Donald Trump and Russia is the need to investigate. In less than five weeks many in Trump’s own party have moved from “nothing to see here,” to “no...

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US special operations forces are seen in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. (AFP)

New US Plan to Seize Raqqa Ignores Ankara’s Reservations on Kurds

by Karen DeYoung and Liz Sly | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Washington – A Pentagon plan for the upcoming assault on Raqqa, the ISIS capital in Syria, calls for greater US military participation, but disregards Turkish reservations over preventing Kurdish fighters from taking part in the battle. The plan calls for an increase...

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An explosion following an air strike is seen in western Kobani neighbourhood, November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Russian Air Strikes Likely Responsible for Death of 11 Civilians in Central Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 4, 2017 | Middle East

At least 11 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded on Saturday in air strikes on a central Syrian village that a monitor said were likely carried out by Russia. Oqayrabat lies northwest of Palmyra, the ancient desert city that was recaptured by Russian-backed...