New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid expansion.

The past two months have witnessed a remarkable spike in warfare involving nuclear powers. From May 7 to May 10, India and Pakistan exchanged artillery fire, bombs, cruise missiles, and drones in their most intense round of combat since 1999.

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.

Nuclear deterrence is no longer a two-player game, and emerging technologies further threaten the status quo. The result is a risky new nuclear age.

U.S. imports from Russia during the first five months of this year totaled just $2.1 billion, but the commodities America receives include a critical fuel for nuclear reactors and a precious metal used in motor vehicle catalytic converters.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is on a visit to North Korea, said Moscow respects and understands why Pyongyang is developing its nuclear program.

Russia has been upgrading and modernizing several nuclear bases for its European and Pacific forces. Business Insider obtained new satellite images that show the major construction at the sites.

Former Trump White House advisor turned MAGA podcaster, Steve Bannon, warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s new hardline against Russia The post ‘Trip Into Nuclear War’: Bannon Sounds the Alarm on Report Trump Wants to Give Ukraine Long-Range Missiles to Bomb Moscow first appeared on Mediaite.