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• Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers

  May 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, … 67

• Furious over sanctions, N. Korea vows to nuke US

  March 7, 2013 in Nation/World SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by … 55

• VIDEO: Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,000 injured

  February 15, 2013 in Nation/World MOSCOW — A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring … 48

• Obama hails Nunn, Lugar efforts to secure nukes

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Hailing two decades of efforts to help the former Soviet Union secure nuclear weapons stockpiles, President Barack Obama said Monday that the world must continue to stand …

• Official: Syria moving chemical weapons components

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and allied intelligence have detected Syrian movement of chemical weapons components in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the Obama administration strongly …