Top 5 peace treaties that were never honored
There is never a guarantee that victory lies at the end of a conflict. Victory is a deliberate for peace. Peace, however, is a relative term because peace is not…
Today in military history: Egypt and Israel sign historic peace treaty
On March 26, 1979, Israel and Egypt signed a historic peace agreement, ending three decades of hostilities. Tension had existed between the two countries since 1917, when British policies announced…
This is why every country in the world can’t just build a nuclear bomb
A country who doesn’t have nuclear weapons isn’t necessarily just adhering to its treaty obligations with the United Nations. Just ask Iran and North Korea, who both signed the 1968…
U.S. officially withdraws from Open Skies Treaty; Moscow says ‘All options are open to us’
The United States formally withdrew on November 22 from the Open Skies Treaty, an 18-year-old arms control and verification agreement that Washington repeatedly accused Moscow of violating. The withdrawal is…
US tests another ground-launched cruise missile
The US conducted its second flight test of a missile that would have been banned under the restrictions of a now-defunct arms control agreement with Russia, Air Force officials told Insider on Thursday.
The US military tested a prototype conve…
Putin says Russian Navy’s newest ship will carry hypersonic missile
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Oct. 31, 2019, that the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile will “certainly” be onboard the Russian Navy’s newest corvette, set to enter service next month, according to
The US fired off its first post-INF Treaty missile
The US military conducted its first flight test of a conventional ground-launched cruise missile in a test that would have been banned prior to the recent collapse of a Cold War-era nuclear arms agreement.
The missile was launched on Aug. 18, …
China warns the US against putting new missiles on its ‘doorstep’
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Aug. 3, 2019, that he wants to put ground-based intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the Pacific to confront regional threats, a move that is antagonizing rivals China and Russia.
“We would like to dep…
Russians may be testing ‘low yield’ nuclear weapons in violation of treaty
A top U.S. military official has said that U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia may be conducting low-yield nuclear testing that may be violation of a major international treaty.
Lieutenant General Robert Ashley said in a speech on May 29…