Nuclear Weapons

The Knesset’s summer session got under way yesterday with an address by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, as well as remarks by Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yair Lapid.  All the addresses touched, in one way or another,…

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden are considering including Japan in a consultative group that would decide on the deployment of American nuclear weapons in an emergency. White House National Security Council official John Kirby on Wednesday told the Chosun Ilbo the decision will be announced at…

Image source, EPA Image caption, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in Washington this week to discuss a range of issues with US President Joe Biden By Jean Mackenzie in Seoul & Barbara Plett Usher in Washington BBC News The US and South Korea have secured a landmark deal…

East Asia April 26, 2023 8:06 PM Anita Powell Embed US, South Korea Declare Enhanced Partnership to Deter North Korea Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:07 0:00 Download…

During a state visit at the White House, Mr. Biden and President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea sought to bolster America’s nuclear umbrella guarding against threats from the North. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read…

South Korean Navy’s destroyer Yulgok Yi I, the US Navy’s destroyer USS Benfold and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force’s destroyer Atago take part in joint naval missile defence exercises in international waters between Korea and Japan. — Reuters pic/South Korean Defence Ministry Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel…

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 380, Issue 6642.Download PDF Los Alamos, New Mexico—Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists mimic the first moments of a nuclear detonation. Here, in the Dual-Axis…

Russia's ambassador to the United States has warned that Moscow and Washington cannot restore key communication on their last remaining nuclear weapons treaty unless President Joe Biden's administration reverses course on its punitive approach to bilateral relations. The crucial agreement, known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START),…

Belarusian air force crews have completed their training in the use of tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy the weapons to its ally Belarus amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine...Read More

Israeli forces prepare for multiple threats on the last Friday of RamadanAl Aqsa Mosque, on the last Friday of Ramadan. EPA Powered by automated translation Israel “must prepare for war” as Tehran moves ever closer towards nuclear weapons capability, the former head of Israel's National Security Council has said. Maj…