#Nuclear Threats
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![Illustrative image. View from below of Pegasus air-launch space booster launching from a NASA B-52 over Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. View from below of Pegasus air-launch space booster launching from a NASA B-52 over Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA. (Source: Getty Images)")
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The Pentagon has quietly taken a major step toward building the first American space-based interceptors—weapons designed to strike enemy ballistic missiles in the opening seconds after launch, while they’re still clawing upward through the atmosphere and unable to maneuver.![Poseidon, Burevestnik, Sarmat: Russia’s Nuclear Blackmail Under a Weakened Ruler]( "Poseidon, Burevestnik, Sarmat: Russia’s Nuclear Blackmail Under a Weakened Ruler")
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- War in Ukraine
As Russia faces mounting military and political setbacks, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is increasingly leaning on nuclear threats—from “unlimited-range” missiles to doomsday torpedoes—to project strength that experts say the Kremlin can no longer guarantee.![Officials and members of the press inspect the Khmelnytskyi NPP's power units No. 3 and No. 4 construction site on August 7, 2024 in Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Strikes on Ukraine's Power Grid Put Europe’s Nuclear Safety at Risk, Ukraine Warns")
![Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Reconnects Backup Power Line for First Time in Six Months]( "Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Reconnects Backup Power Line for First Time in Six Months")
![Trump Boasts US Could “Destroy the World 150 Times” With Its Nuclear Arsenal]( "Trump Boasts US Could “Destroy the World 150 Times” With Its Nuclear Arsenal")
![Russian MP Proposes Mock Nuclear Strike on Pentagon, Eiffel Tower and Big Ben]( "Russian MP Proposes Mock Nuclear Strike on Pentagon, Eiffel Tower and Big Ben")
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