Nuclear Weapons

Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after special storage facilities are ready on July 7-8, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, Moscow's first move of such bombs outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. More than 15 months into the biggest land war in Europe…

Washington —  The United States, responding to remarks made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier in the week, said on Tuesday that the trilateral security alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States is not an effort to spread nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific…

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has rejected his Belarusian counterpart's proposal to join the Russia-Belarus "Union State," calling the offer a "joke." The developments come after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview released on Sunday that if other countries wanted to join the pact between Russia and Belarus, there…

The US has called on South Africa to use its influence to persuade Russia to return to compliance with the New START Treaty between America and Russia which limits the nuclear missile stockpiles of the two countries and allows them to monitor each other’s nuclear facilities.  “Russia needs to hear…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed that nations who side with Russia in its war against Ukraine will be given nuclear weapons. Lukashenko has long been a staunch supporter of Putin, most recently lending military support to Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine,…

Military vehicles carrying the DF-41 intercontinental nuclear missile roll past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China, 1 October 2019. (Photo: EPA-EFE / ROMAN PILIPEY) “It’s the latest example of irresponsible behaviour that we have seen…

The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, took a sharp tone against Russian efforts to further envelope allies under Moscow’s influence, just as the Kremlin signed an agreement to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus. Speaking near Russian President Vladimir Putin on stage at an event in Moscow, Kazakh President Tokayev…

“The more connected we get, the more we need to be concerned about security. The more we depend on technology, the more we need to be concerned about its reliability.” – Vint Cerf Each aspect of society is at risk from cyber-based dangers, including the financial sector, the entertainment industry,…

Published: 2:22am, 26 May, 2023 Updated: 10:51am, 26 May, 2023 Read More

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia and Belarus signed a deal Thursday formalizing the deployment of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally, although control of the weapons remains in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of the shorter-range weapons in Belarus earlier this year…