Dec 30, 2005 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Cold War, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
The United States and Russia maintain thousands of nuclear warheads on long-range ballistic missiles on 15-minute alert. Once launched, they cannot be recalled, and they will strike their targets in roughly 30 minutes. Fifteen years after the end of the Cold...
Jun 12, 2001 | China, Russia, U.S.
WASHINGTON: Democrats on Capitol Hill condemned as unneeded and unworkable the national missile defense system that President Bush is trying to promote to U.S. allies during his current tour of Europe. While lawmakers often mute their criticisms of a president when he...