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Published September 5, 2021 6:55pm TAIPEI — Taiwan's air force scrambled on Sunday against renewed Chinese military activity, with its defense ministry reporting that 19 aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers had flown into Taiwan's air defense identification zone. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by…

Three-tonne missile designed to destroy underground facilities by penetrating tunnels to effectively nullify nuclear launches. South Korea is in the final stages of developing a surface-to-surface ballistic missile as powerful as a tactical nuclear warhead, Yonhap news agency reported, as the country unveiled budget proposals aimed at bolstering its defences…

UK government officials have reportedly examined basing the Royal Navy's Vanguard fleet, which carries the Trident D5 missiles, in the US, France or Devonport The Royal Navy's Vanguard fleet, which carries the Trident D5 missiles, could be expelled from Scotland (Image: PA) Plans have been drawn up to move Britain's…

Satellite images taken by Planet and analyzed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (CNS/MIIS) show that China is significantly expanding the number of silos for its arsenal of intercontinental range-ballistic missiles. 120 silos under construction near Yumen were identified…

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Doves fly over the Statue of Peace during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. KYODO NEWS VIA AP TOKYO: Nagasaki on Monday marked the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the United…

Nagasaki on Monday marked the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the United States and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons.  In his speech at the Nagasaki Peace Park, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged Japan's government to take the…

North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential UN report seen Friday by Reuters. The report by a panel of independent sanctions monitors…

By MICHELLE NICHOLS, Reuters Published August 7, 2021 3:42am UNITED NATIONS - North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report…

The Olympics are supposed to be a tangible symbol of global cooperation and peaceful competition. But the games carry a lot of baggage—not only from the pandemic but also from the Fukushima disaster and Japan’s nuclear politics. As Covid cases spread in the Olympic Village and in Tokyo, protesters continue…