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The Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3M can deliver nuclear weapons by missiles or by gravity bombs. Image originally posted to Flickr by Dmitry Terekhov at: https://flickr.com/photos/44400809@N07/19230388334. Licensed under cc-by-sa-2.0.

Russian military doctrine calls a limited nuclear strike “de-escalation.” Here’s why.

By Nikolai N. Sokov | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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Why, in nuclear weapons policy, sometimes fewer options are better

By Erik Gartzke | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The USS Ohio submarine with its missile tubes open

The low-yield nuclear warhead: A dangerous weapon based on bad strategic thinking

By Andrew Facini | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A map showing nuclear strikes during an India-Pakistan war scenario

How an India-Pakistan nuclear war could start—and have global consequences

By Alan Robock, Owen Brian Toon, Charles G. Bardeen, Lili Xia, Hans M. Kristensen, Matthew McKinzie, R. J. Peterson, Cheryl S. Harrison, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Richard P. Turco | Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Weapons

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Getting the nukes out of Turkey: A how-to guide

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

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Tactical nuclear weapons, 2019

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

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A history of US nuclear weapons in South Korea

By Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris | Nuclear Notebook

Nonstrategic nuclear weapons in Russia’s evolving military doctrine

By Katarzyna Zysk | Uncategorized

A plausible scenario of nuclear war in Europe, and how to deter it: A perspective from Estonia

By J. Luik, T. Jermalavičius | Nuclear Weapons