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Building nunchucks out of seltzer cans

A man builds nunchucks out of seltzer cans to defend himself against his roommate, who likes to take his seltzer. Iran gives Trump an ultimatum on JD Vance Map shows next states to get hit hardest by ...
The National Interest

America Must Confront Sudan’s Chemical Weapons Program

The Sudanese government has regularly used chemical weapons against its domestic opponents, believing that it can act with impunity. The United States should show otherwise. The world ought to be ...
Wall Street Journal

Israel Hits Russian-Iranian Weapons Smuggling Route in the Caspian Sea

An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in the Caspian Sea targeted Russia’s support for Iran in the war, hitting a supply line that the countries have used to move ammunition, drones and other weaponry, ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

What should be done about Iran’s potential secret chemical and biological weapons programs?

Ahead of a televised address Wednesday, critics wanted US President Donald Trump to lay out a clear roadmap for ending the now month-long war in Iran and clarify the objectives for having started it.
NBC News

Marine corporal accused of stealing and selling weapons from California's Camp Pendleton

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. Marine who was an ammunition specialist at California's Camp Pendleton is charged with stealing ammo and weapons, including a shoulder-fired missile system, and conspiring to sell ...
CNN

Cornered and wounded, will Iran now go for a nuclear bomb?

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...
C&EN

White House moves to kill chemical safety board, despite industry support

For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...
The Conversation

Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself?

Centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Iran in 2021. Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB/AP Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran ...
Military Times

The US Navy brought a ‘one-of-a-kind’ laser weapon back from the dead

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...
The Washington Post

Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East

The Pentagon is considering whether to divert weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East as the war in Iran depletes some of the U.S. military’s most critical munitions, according to three people ...
Time

Trump Says His Goal Is to Stop Iran Getting a Nuclear Bomb. But the Result Might Be Lots More Nukes Across the Globe

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about U.S.-Iran negotiations, which he said must result in Tehran giving up its nuclear ambitions, before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International ...