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The United States must be ready for a nuclear war with China or Russia and seek new ways to deter both countries’ use of newly acquired advanced strategic weapons, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is warning in a major new review of the global balance of nuclear forces. Adm. Charles Richard, writing in the current issue of the U.S. Naval Institute journal Proceedings, offered a blunt and detailed assessment that the luxury of living in a post-Cold War era when direct armed conflict with a rival nuclear power was not possible is over. “There is a real possibility...

SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- After the United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine and an aircraft carrier to South Korean waters amid high inter-Korean tensions, North Korea on Sunday threatened to sink the underwater vessel, accusing America of stepping up military intimidation. "The moment the USS Michigan tries to budge even a little, it will be doomed to face the miserable fate of becoming a underwater ghost without being able to come to the surface," the North's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said in a posting. "The urgent fielding of the nuclear submarine in the waters off the Korean Peninsula, timed to...

Today: March 09, 2004 at 11:01:25 PST Senator wants full Yucca Mountain funding Domenici's amendment would undo deal negotiated by Ensign By Suzanne Struglinski <suzanne@lasvegassun.com>LAS VEGAS SUN WASHINGTON --- Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is working on an amendment that would allow the Yucca Mountain Project to get the full $880 million requested by the Energy Department. If successful, the measure would undo a deal struck by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., to cap the project's funding in the budget resolution to $577 million, or $303 million less. The Senate started debate on the budget resolution Monday. It sets spending limits for...