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intercontinental ballistic missile
![Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces Test Fire Nuclear-Capable Topol ICBM Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces Test Fire Nuclear-Capable Topol ICBM](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-thediplomat-photo_yars_launch_corrected-386x274.jpg)
Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces Test Fire Nuclear-Capable Topol ICBM
By Franz-Stefan Gady
This marks the second test of a variant of the three-stage solid-fueled ICBM in 2019.
![Report: Russia to Produce 60 Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warheads Report: Russia to Produce 60 Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warheads](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-thediplomat-1479389744-4065471287-386x290.jpg)
Report: Russia to Produce 60 Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warheads
By Franz-Stefan Gady
According to the Russian government, the production and delivery of the Avangard warhead is proceeding without any delays.
![Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warhead to Enter Service in 2019 Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warhead to Enter Service in 2019](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1479389744-4065471287.jpg)
Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Boost-Glide Warhead to Enter Service in 2019
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Russia’s first Avangard regiment will assume combat duty in 2019, according to a Russian defense industry source.
![How Should We Write About Nuclear Weapons? How Should We Write About Nuclear Weapons?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dr._strangelove.jpg)
How Should We Write About Nuclear Weapons?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
How should one combine the human with the abstract when writing about nuclear weapons?
![China: Korean Peninsula Crisis Is Not Our Responsibility China: Korean Peninsula Crisis Is Not Our Responsibility](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-34440816761_1d730efe3a_z.jpg)
China: Korean Peninsula Crisis Is Not Our Responsibility
By Charlotte Gao
China welcomes South Korea’s grand proposal to solve the North Korea issue.
![Russia-China Relations Reach a New High Russia-China Relations Reach a New High](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-09_21-18-07.jpg)
Russia-China Relations Reach a New High
By DD Wu
Chinese President Xi Jinping said bilateral relations “are now the best ever” during his visit in Russia.
![Americans Need to Get Used to North Korean Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missiles Americans Need to Get Used to North Korean Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-06_19-36-46.jpg)
Americans Need to Get Used to North Korean Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missiles
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The United States would do well to start dealing with North Korea as if it was already in possession of an ICBM.
![North Korea's New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways North Korea's New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-2017-05-15-01-02.jpg)
North Korea's New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways
By Ankit Panda
North Korea introduces the Hwasong-12, a "perfect weapon system" that may bring the U.S. territory of Guam into range.
![Next Stop for Nuclear Negotiations: North Korea? Next Stop for Nuclear Negotiations: North Korea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-01_05-14-58.jpg)
Next Stop for Nuclear Negotiations: North Korea?
By Liz Whitfield
Refusing to reengage diplomatically with North Korea would be a serious blow to U.S. national security interests.
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