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from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks agoHow the U.S. Tried to Contain the Arms Race: Cold War Treaties Explained
The United States and the Soviet Union signed numerous arms control treaties to limit the scope, danger, and expense of their competition. Future arms control treaties are possible but unlikely in the present tense geopolitical climate. Check out: 2 Dividend Legends To Hold Forever and Discover "The Next NVIDIA During the Cold War, the superpowers signed a number of arms control agreements that helped build trust and limit the scope of their competition.
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fromHarvard Gazette
2 months agoCold War arms-control pioneers perhaps weren't peacemakers we thought they were - Harvard Gazette
Cold War science advisers promoted strategic stability and large arsenals, reinforcing the military‑industrial complex and constraining more radical disarmament and structural change.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoRussia's boasting big moves on a couple of nuclear 'super weapons.' Another may be operational soon.
Russia tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and torpedo, claiming new second-strike deterrent capabilities as part of its experimental "super weapons" program.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoUkraine war briefing: Putin boasts of nuclear-driven torpedo that would swamp cities with radioactive tsunami
US and Russian officials have both described Poseidon as a new category of retaliatory weapon, with a nuclear warhead capable of triggering a radioactive tsunami to render coastal cities uninhabitable. Arms control experts say the weapon breaks most of the traditional nuclear deterrence and classification rules. It is launched from a submarine like a torpedo, but is claimed to be able to loiter as an underwater drone before attacking with its nuclear warhead.
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