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US Flexes Nuclear Forces As Trump Rattles Saber at Putin

American nuclear forces consist of ballistic missile submarines, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, and bomber ...

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki as Russia and the United States edge toward a nuclear showdown| Joyce M. Davis

As we remember the devastating toll of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Trump and Putin's dangerous nuclear posturing threatens to ...
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Totten training to serve as a nuclear submarine officer

Strategic deterrence is the nation’s ultimate insurance program, according to Navy officials. As a member of the submarine force, Totten is part of the rich 125-year history of the U.S. Navy’s most ...

US Doubles Down on Nuclear Submarine Plans in South Pacific

The submarine USS Ohio, capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, arrived in Brisbane, Australia, for a visit.

Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were ...
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Recent high school graduate from Ascension Parish training to work on submarines

Stirgus has been in the U.S. Navy for ten months. The Prairieville native graduated from Saint Amant High School last year.