DefenceTalkThe Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American Scientists, and Robert S. Norris, a senior fellow with the FAS. The Nuclear Notebook column has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987. This issue’s column examines Pakistan’s nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-nuclear-forces-2018-71828/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea said on Wednesday (Aug 9) that it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate range ballistic missiles, state news agency KCNA reported. The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with “fire and fury” over its missile programme and days after the UN Security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-threatens-missile-strike-near-us-territory-guam-70262/

DefenceTalkOrbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it recently received a contract modification from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the purchase of M257 (visible) and M278 (infrared) illuminating flares for the Hydra-70 family of rockets. The Hydra-70 warheads can be fired from a variety of rotary and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/orbital-atk-receives-order-for-hydra-70-rocket-launched-illuminating-flares-69514/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his scientists have successfully miniaturized thermo-nuclear warheads to place on a ballistic missile and create a “true” deterrent, state media said Wednesday. While Pyongyang has boasted of mastering miniaturization before, this is the first time Kim has so explicitly claimed a breakthrough that experts see as a game-changing step […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kim-jong-un-says-north-korea-has-miniaturized-nuclear-warheads-66994/

DefenceTalkRussia has developed super-high-frequency gun capable of deactivating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the warheads of precision weapons at an impact range of ten kilometers which ensures 360 degrees of perimeter defense. Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC), part of Rostec Corporation, has announced that it developed a super-high-frequency gun for BUK missile systems. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-develops-microwave-gun-able-to-deactivate-drones-warheads-64557/

DefenceTalkSTOCKHOLM: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported Monday that nuclear states — including Pakistan and India — continue to upgrade their stockpiles despite an international trend towards disarmament. Between 2010 and 2015, the number of warheads fell from 22,600 to 15,850 according to the institute’s annual disarmament report which said that US and Russia […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-india-increase-arsenals-despite-disarmament-trend-report-64504/