Nuclear Weapons

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ROSEMONT, Penn. (AP) — Megan Rice, a nun and Catholic peace activist who spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons, has died. She was 91. Rice died of congestive heart failure Oct. 10 at Holy Child…

Asteroid impacts are one of the most dangerous possible natural disasters, as humanity currently lacks a reliable means of defense against them. One possible solution, using nuclear weapons or similarly destructive means, is something commonly seen in science fiction movies, but is frowned upon by many scientists due to the…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired. A total of 114 workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory — the birthplace of the atomic bomb — are suing over the mandate, saying…

North Korea continues to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles while coming up with increasingly ingenious ruses to bypass international sanctions, the UN Security Council said in a report Monday. The North "continued to seek material and technology for these programs overseas," it warned, and accused China of looking the…

Once again, North Korea is engaging in disturbing provocation. The totalitarian regime in Pyongyang has announced the successful launch of a cruise missile. This follows many years of testing both rudimentary ballistic missiles and nuclear explosives. The cruise missile is an unusually flexible insidious weapon, flying low and relatively slow,…

KUALA LUMPUR: Notwithstanding some positive developments in recent years, Malaysia remains concerned over the lack of progress in nuclear disarmament, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. (pix) He said despite the uncertain security environment and the various challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world must remain persistent in the…

READY, AIM, FIRE This is the long-range cruise missiles tested by North Korea on Sept. 11, 2021 in an undisclosed location. North Korea said it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how…

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Mr President and colleagues, Thank you, Mr President. Let me thank you and the Irish Presidency, for bringing us together today to underline our support for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – the CTBT. Let me also thank our three briefers for their presentation and reiterate the United Kingdom’s…