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Category: National Security

From failed efforts to control nuclear explosives to safety lapses at weapons sites, we investigate the forces — and weaknesses — in national security.

A red tank is in ruins in a street. In the distance is a yellow building and a playground. Debris is scattered in the street and a yellow dog walks by.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at the end of its beginning

by Kelsey D. Atherton April 7, 2022April 8, 2022

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, just six weeks ago. While Russia’s positioning of forces near Ukraine was for months visible from space before the war began, what will happen next is hard to know, and the balance of forces may yet again shift. What can be said with more certainty is that however long […]

A man in a blue OSCE cap, wearing a blue shirt and a black flack jacket writes on a clipboard. A woman looks on. They are examining a green anti-tank gun.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

The past and future of the drones that monitor ceasefires in Ukraine

by Kelsey D. Atherton April 6, 2022April 5, 2022
Woman in blue protective gear uses weed cutter to mow grass around potential mine areas. She is in a green field with wildflowers. Another deminer and trees are in the background.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Bombs dropped on Ukraine today pose danger to future generations

by Kelsey D. Atherton April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
A white mushroom cloud over the ocean after the Ivy Mike hydrogen bomb test.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Cold War tactical nuclear weapons cast a long shadow over Ukraine

by Kelsey D. Atherton April 2, 2022April 2, 2022
Part of a rock sticks up from the ground near wooden crosses in a wooded area near Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Russia attacks cities with widely condemned cluster munitions

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
Blue radar screen against black background
Posted inUkraine in crisis

What to know about the Russian device reportedly captured in Ukraine

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
Soldiers in green campflage push a drone on a tarmac. The drone has Bayraktar written on the side.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

How drones in Ukraine help fuel propaganda and shape perception

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 26, 2022March 28, 2022
People fleeing Mariupol, Ukraine: Cars backup up and people with grocery carts in front of bombed out building.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Urban warfare turns neighborhoods into battlefields, leaving only ruin

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Parade in Kyiv, Ukraine with three green military trucks carrying large missiles. Small green and blue flags are on the front of the trucks.
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Why American jets are not the answer for Ukraine’s sky

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 18, 2022March 18, 2022
A screen grab captured from a video shows a view of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during a fire following clashes around the site in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Posted inUkraine in crisis

Russia captures largest nuclear plant in Europe. Now what?

by Kelsey D. Atherton March 11, 2022March 18, 2022
Posted inFuture of Warfare

The US nuclear arsenal is becoming more destructive and possibly more risky

by R. Jeffrey Smith October 29, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inFuture of Warfare

Are we ready for weapons to have a mind of their own?

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs February 17, 2021January 28, 2022
nuclear warhead blasting off as money swirls around
Posted inFuture of Warfare

Under Trump, the nuclear weapons industry has boomed

by R. Jeffrey Smith December 23, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inScary Fast

Twilight of the Human Hacker

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs September 13, 2020January 28, 2022
DARPA official talks about air combat simulations.
Posted inFuture of Warfare

Round One: Machine beats man in air-combat exercise

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs August 21, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Top Pentagon official contests White House claims about Ukraine aid delay

by R. Jeffrey Smith March 4, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

Center for Public Integrity advances fight for facts behind Ukraine aid hold

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs February 14, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

After Trump acquittal, Public Integrity continues pressing open records case

by R. Jeffrey Smith February 5, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

#UkraineDocs update: Government files response to Public Integrity lawsuit

by The Center for Public Integrity January 31, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

GAO report backs private Pentagon conclusions that Trump broke the law on Ukraine

by R. Jeffrey Smith January 16, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

Trump administration rejects Center for Public Integrity request for transparency

by R. Jeffrey Smith January 9, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Time for the Trump administration to release blacked-out Ukraine emails

by Susan Smith Richardson January 3, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted in#UkraineDocs

New documents reveal Pentagon anger over holdup in Ukraine aid

by R. Jeffrey Smith January 2, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Why we’re pressing hard for the Ukraine documents

by Susan Smith Richardson and Jim Morris December 23, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Live Blog: Digging into the #UkraineDocs

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs December 21, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Trump Administration officials worried Ukraine aid halt violated spending law

by R. Jeffrey Smith December 21, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Your questions about our Ukraine documents, answered

by Kristine Villanueva December 19, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Timeline: How Trump withheld Ukraine aid

by R. Jeffrey Smith December 13, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Q&A: Peter Newbatt Smith on going after Trump’s Ukraine documents

by The Center for Public Integrity December 13, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inNational Security

Center for Public Integrity challenges Trump administration on Ukraine document redactions

by Rui Kaneya, Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Jim Morris December 13, 2019January 28, 2022

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