Today: September 15, 2024
Today: September 15, 2024

Cold War

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This is what it's like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal

The Associated Press has been granted rare access to U.S. nuclear missile bases and weapons production facilities to see how technicians keep the arsenal working while starting the government’s biggest nuclear overhaul since the Cold War

This is what it's like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal
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Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say

As Congress considers payments to victims of Cold War-era nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region, people who were targeted for secret government testing from that same time period believe they’re due compensation, too

Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say
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North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.”

North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'
World

Russia formally withdraws from key post-Cold War European armed forces treaty

Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the

Russia formally withdraws from key post-Cold War European armed forces treaty
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A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China

Henry Kissinger is being remembered positively in China as an envoy who was willing to overlook ideological differences at the height of the Cold War and long after

A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China
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Associated Press correspondent Roland Prinz, who spent decades covering Europe, dies at age 85

A former Associated Press correspondent who spent four decades covering the Cold War and the fall of communism has died at age 85

Associated Press correspondent Roland Prinz, who spent decades covering Europe, dies at age 85
World

NATO's Steadfast Defender exercises mark return to Cold War schemes, Russia says

The scale of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises mark an "irrevocable return" of the alliance to Cold War schemes, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the state

NATO's Steadfast Defender exercises mark return to Cold War schemes, Russia says
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What do a top-secret CIA mission and the Maryland bridge wreck have in common? Well, the same crane

A floating crane that’s been hauling away shattered steel from a collapsed Baltimore bridge played a much different role during the Cold War

What do a top-secret CIA mission and the Maryland bridge wreck have in common? Well, the same crane

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