In the minutes after a launch detection or nuclear detonation, would America’s nuclear command, control, and communications system enable the president to make a timely and accurate decision to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: There have been cryptic clues over the years that Perimeter still exists. Which illustrates one of the curiosities of this system, which is that the Soviet Union ...

Russia is home to 44 officially acknowledged closed cities, housing around 1.5 million residents under restricted access — with more believed to exist. Life expectancy lags roughly five years behind ...

Russia’s Cold War-era ‘Dead Hand’ nuclear retaliation system has returned to the spotlight after a warning from senior official Dmitry Medvedev amid rising global tensions. The semi-automatic ...