Nuclear Weapons

The Kremlin has reacted angrily to Finland's plans to lift a decades-old ban on hosting nuclear weapons on its territory Russian President Vladimir Putin ( Image: PELAGIYA TIKHONOVA/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA/Shutterstock) The Kremlin has warned it will take "appropriate measures" if its neighbour lifts a decades-old ban on hosting nuclear arms. Moscow…

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A sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the destroyer Choe Hyon at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 4, 2026. Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP via Getty Images Article content North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests this week of his country’s naval destroyer, claiming…

Russia warned on Tuesday that the war launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran ‌could result in ⁠the very ⁠outcome they were seeking to prevent, by spurring both Iran and its Arab neighbours to seek to ​acquire nuclear weapons. U.S. President Donald Trump cited Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov | Photo Credit: PAVEL BEDNYAKOV Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday ​that Moscow had still seen no evidence that ‌Iran was developing nuclear weapons as ​the U.S. and Israel pursue ⁠their attack. US President Donald Trump has offered various reasons for going to…

On Saturday morning, the United States and Israel carried out intensive airstrikes against Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the Islamic Republic since 1989.  According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, the attacks killed at least 333 civilians across 18 provinces of Iran in at…

Iran has the biggest stockpile of ballistic missiles in the Middle East, according to the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Picture: Sepah News/AFP via Getty Images) As the world reels from what Trump has called ‘major combat operations’ by the US military in Iran, we are faced with more…

Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly often Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three leading large language models – GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4 and…

For more than 70 years, the United States has practiced what it calls extended deterrence, which includes the so-called “nuclear umbrella” for its NATO allies in Europe. Countries under the umbrella agree not to develop their own nuclear weapons with the understanding that the U.S. could use its nuclear weapons…

US officials reportedly believe China’s nuclear expansion is narrowing the gap with the United States and Russia, potentially leading to advanced capabilities not currently possessed by either power. A member of the People's Liberation Army stands as the strategic strike group displays DF-5C nuclear missiles during a military parade to…