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Amy Nelson, a senior fellow at New America, explains that minimal deterrence may still be possible in a multipolar world, but only if defined functionally rather than numerically.

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Researchers have uncovered how atoms subtly rearrange themselves for up to a trillionth of a second before releasing low-energy electrons after X-ray excitation.

Once New START ends, we will have returned to an era without limits, when arsenals can reach unconstrained heights.

Long before quantum mechanics existed, a scientist developed a powerful way of describing motion by drawing an analogy between particles and light.

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