Nuclear Weapons

(AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus. Putin has repeatedly issued thinly veiled threats he could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, reviving Cold War-era fears. He also said he would deploy depleted uranium ammunition if Kyiv received such…

Russian president says deal struck with Belarusian counterpart would not violate nuclear nonproliferation agreements. Published On 25 Mar 202325 Mar 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. Putin’s announcement on Saturday comes as tensions grow…

Russia has struck a deal with neighboring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. Such a move would not violate nuclear nonproliferation agreements, Putin said, adding that the United States had stationed nuclear weapons on the territory of European allies. Belarusian President Alexander…

Adds quotes from Putin March 25 (Reuters) - Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory but will not violate non-proliferation agreements, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had long raised the issue of stationing tactical nuclear weapons…

Chief presidential legal council and former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said that the country must do away with its constitutional ban on nuclear weapons, calling it “the most serious and unwanted provision in the Constitution.” Enrile made his thoughts known after Senator Robin Padilla invited him to the hearing…

Foreign Affairs Having ground-based nuclear weapons exposes America and the world to unnecessary risks. A cloud plume and smoke halo from the first test launch of a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, August 18, 1965. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) When news first broke…

Military weapons seized in Gulf of Oman Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on Lloyd Austin’s discussion with military partners about Russian ties on ‘Special Report.’ Amid the International Atomic Energy Agency’s disclosure this week that the Islamic Republic of Iran accumulated near weapons-grade enriched uranium for its alleged nuclear…

Skip to headerSkip to main contentSkip to footer Global lens Western fears rise as the middle east country gets closer to nuclear power Western diplomats struggling to cope with the ramifications of the war in Ukraine now have to deal with another deeply disturbing development, said Yves Bourdillon in Les…

Last Thursday, the US State Department outlined a new vision for developing, testing, and verifying military systems—including weapons—that make use of AI.  The Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy represents an attempt by the US to guide the development of military AI at a crucial time…

‘It’s a big mistake to do that. . . . But I don’t read into that that he’s thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that.’...Read More