Nuclear Weapons

NEWS AND ANALYSIS: North Korea continued to build missiles and nuclear weapons during the pandemic and now has nuclear missiles capable of striking the United States, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea disclosed recently in congressional testimony. Army Gen. Paul LaCamera, who also heads the United Nations Command and U.S.-South…

Iran secured access to secret United Nations atomic agency reports almost two decades ago and circulated the documents among top officials who prepared cover stories and falsified a record to conceal suspected past work on nuclear weapons, according to Middle East intelligence officials and documents reviewed by The Wall Street…

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As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine reaches a third month, experts weigh in on the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going as smoothly as military analysts forecast.Despite Russia's unpredictable leader, few see a major risk of nuclear war.Nuclear risk assessments…

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Placeholder while article actions load Leonid Kravchuk, a onetime Communist apparatchik who became the first president of an independent Ukraine, playing a central role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and relinquishing his country’s nuclear weapons stockpile in the aftermath of the Cold War, died May 10. He was…

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The shocking comment comes after an expert predicted an order by ailing Vladimir Putin to strike Ukraine or the West with nuclear weapons will not be obeyed by his top commanders because of his ill-health Video Loading Video Unavailable Putin is ‘worried’ about coup says commentator It is better Vladimir…

Saturday, May 14, 2022 Foreign ministry spokesperson Alexei Zaitsev Russia has debunked reports of possible deployment of nuclear weapons to Ukraine, saying such a move is not the Kremlin’s goal. Foreign ministry spokesperson Alexei Zaitsev said there were clear guidelines for such deployment under Russia’s nuclear doctrine. He added that…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has once again threatened unspecified "hostile forces" with preemptive nuclear strikes, the second time in less than a week. The official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday quoted Kim as saying the North will continue developing nuclear weapons so it can "preemptively and thoroughly contain…