Recent News Headlines : Nuclear Weapons

CHINA AND RUSSIA CRITICIZE U.S. FOR NUCLEAR ADVERSARY CLAIMS


In a written statement, Trump on Friday said U.S. strategy is designed to make use of nuclear weapons less likely... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 1

RUSSIA CONDEMNS US NUCLEAR BOMB PLANS


Moscow has condemned US military proposals to develop new, smaller atomic bombs mainly to deter any Russian use of nuclear weapons... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 589

TRUMP'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS REVIEW BOOSTS REGIONAL COMMAND ROLES


I believe that anybody that employs a nuclear weapon in the world has created a strategic effect and all nuclear weapons are strategic... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 2

TRUMP'S POWER TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD BE RESTRICTED BY NEW BILL


Lieu argued that his legislation would address that problem by requiring congressional authorization for any president to launch nuclear weapons in a first-strike situation... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 248

NUCLEAR FEARS PUSH DOOMSDAY CLOCK CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT


The clock was moved forward by 30 seconds on Thursday by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists because of mounting concern over nuclear war and climate change ... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 193

DOOMSDAY CLOCK JUST MOVED: IT'S NOW 2 MINUTES TO 'MIDNIGHT,' THE SYMBOLIC HOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE


Within days, Kimball noted, the Trump administration is set to announce a nuclear strategy that calls for expanding the role of U.S. nuclear weapons... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 106

TRUMP'S NUCLEAR STRATEGY SEEKS NEW WEAPONS TO COUNTER RUSSIA, A CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR SOME CRITICS


Where the Trump doctrine splits from Obama's approach is in ending his push to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. defense policy... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 4

GET USED TO IT. UNDER TRUMP, THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR IS THE NEW NORMAL


During his first year in office, Trump has shattered the cautious and history-burdened way we used to discuss nuclear weapons... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 45

IN SHIFT FROM OBAMA POLICY, TRUMP PLANS FLEXIBLE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, INCLUDING LOW-YIELD ARMS


U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will adopt a policy allowing the flexible use of nuclear weapons through the new Nuclear Posture Review to be... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 172

HOW 'NUCLEAR MONARCH' DONALD TRUMP COULD DESTROY NORTH KOREA IN 35 MINUTES


Donald Trump could annihilate North Korea with nuclear weapons in a little over half-an-hour, experts have told The Telegraph... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 444

ANALYSIS | UNDER TRUMP, NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP IS THE NEW NORMAL


The way Trump discusses nuclear weapons may fall into a pattern at times observed among military officials in the past, as researchers pointed out Tuesday... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 3018

WHO CAN WE TRUST DURING THESE NEW WARS OF THE WORLD?


Disagreement arises over what to do about it -- abolish nuclear weapons, or augment them for deterrence ?... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 72

EXCLUSIVE: US MAKING PLANS FOR 'BLOODY NOSE MILITARY ATTACK ON NORTH KOREA


America is drawing up plans for a bloody nose military attack on North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons programme, The Telegraph understands... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 4794

THE WORLD IS 'ONE IMPULSIVE TANTRUM AWAY' FROM DESTRUCTION, ANTI-NUCLEAR LEADER WARNS IN NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH


To rely on nuclear weapons and think that provides you security is moronic... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 26

THE WORLD IS 'ONE IMPULSIVE TANTRUM AWAY' FROM DESTRUCTION, ANTI-NUCLEAR LEADER WARNS IN NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH


To rely on nuclear weapons and think that provides you security is moronic... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 26

THE WORLD IS 'ONE IMPULSIVE TANTRUM AWAY' FROM DESTRUCTION, ANTI-NUCLEAR LEADER WARNS IN NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH


To rely on nuclear weapons and think that provides you security is moronic... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 26

GLOBAL DESTRUCTION 'IS ONLY ONE IMPULSIVE TANTRUM AWAY,' ANTINUCLEAR GROUP'S LEADER SAYS


To rely on nuclear weapons and think that provides you security is moronic... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 334

ICAN URGES NUCLEAR POWERS TO ADOPT BAN-THE-BOMB TREATY


Nobel Peace Prize ICAN urges nuclear powers to adopt ban-the-bomb treaty... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 998

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES: NUCLEAR WAR IS 'ONE TANTRUM AWAY'


An anti-nuclear weapons campaign group accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize during the elaborate awards ceremony on Sunday in Oslo... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 2765

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER VOICES FEARS OVER NORTH KOREA


Nobel peace prize winners urge australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 254

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ICAN WARNS NUCLEAR WAR 'A TANTRUM AWAY'


Ms Reiss-Andersen commended Ican which, she said, had succeeded in highlighting the dangers of nuclear weapons as well as trying to eradicate them... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 2721

'MISCONSTRUED COMMENT OR BRUISED EGO' COULD LEAD TO NUCLEAR WAR, WARNS HEAD OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE-WINNING GROUP


'Misconstrued comment or bruised ego' could lead to nuclear war, warns head of Nobel Peace Prize-winning group... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 806

ABOLISHING NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD PROGRESS 'REALLY QUICKLY'


It is naive to think that nine states can have nuclear weapons while the rest of the world doesn't, she said... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 107

AMBASSADORS OF WESTERN NUCLEAR POWERS TO SNUB NOBEL CEREMONY


Of the nine countries with nuclear weapons capabilities, Russia and Israel, an unofficial nuclear nation, will be the only ones sending their ambassadors to the ceremony... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 0

THE CASE FOR BRINGING BACK ATOMIC WEAPONS TO SOUTH KOREA


Nuclear weapons in South Korea would be very much in your face... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 276

US NUCLEAR GENERAL WOULD RESIST 'ILLEGAL' TRUMP STRIKE ORDER


The top US nuclear commander said on Saturday that he would resist President Donald Trump if he ordered an illegal launch of nuclear weapons... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 2

RETIRED U.S. GENERAL TELLS SENATE PANEL NUKE LAUNCH ORDER CAN BE REFUSED IF IT'S ILLEGAL


Question whether he has too much power over nuclear weapons... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 22

RETIRED US GENERAL SAYS NUCLEAR LAUNCH ORDER CAN BE REFUSED


Blair, the former missile launch officer, said there is no way to reverse the president's order... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 19

COULD ANYONE STOP TRUMP FROM LAUNCHING NUCLEAR WEAPONS? THE ANSWER


Here's a question rarely raised before Donald Trump ran for the White House If the president ordered a pre-emptive nuclear strike, could anyone stop him?... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 0

COULD ANYONE STOP TRUMP FROM LAUNCHING NUKES? THE ANSWER


Corker said numerous lawmakers have raised questions about legislative and presidential war-making authorities and the use of America's nuclear arsenal... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 37

Trending News Headlines : Nuclear Weapons

'BECOME A SUICIDE BOMBER' POSTERS APPEAR ACROSS LONDON


Posters urging Londoners to become quot suicide bombers quot have been appearing at bus stops across the capital... READ MORE

4th February, 2017 29156

29 US SCIENTISTS PRAISE IRAN DEAL IN LETTER TO OBAMA


The letter notes criticism that the Iran accord, after 10 years, will let Tehran potentially develop nuclear arms without constraint... READ MORE

9th August, 2015 15880

TREMOR WAS SIXTH NUCLEAR TEST, SAYS JAPAN


North Korea Tremor was sixth nuclear test, says Japan... READ MORE

3rd September, 2017 15483

JAPAN MARKS 72 YEARS SINCE HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB


Japan marked 72 years since the world's first nuclear attack on Hiroshima on Sunday, with the nation's traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus... READ MORE

6th August, 2017 11826

A PROMISE THAT COULD SET THE WORLD ON A DANGEROUS PATH


The arms race also dictated that the Soviet Union respond with overwhelming retaliation against the United States, to quickly neutralize any further threat... READ MORE

24th December, 2016 9858

AS TRUMP TAKES CONTROL OF NUKES, HIROSHIMA'S EX-MAYOR URGES HIM TO MEET ATOMIC-BOMB SURVIVORS


Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump faced a recurring charge that he could not be trusted with the nation's nuclear weapons... READ MORE

24th January, 2017 6546

ANALYSIS | NUCLEAR SUB SAILORS FIRED AFTER 'ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL' PARTIES WITH A PROSTITUTE AND COCAINE


Kim, the North Korean president, has said his nation needs nuclear weapons to stop the United States from asphyxiating its economy and overturning its government... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 6303

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER REBUKES TRUMP OVER NUCLEAR STANDOFF


I'm delighted that Ican, which has taken action to abolish nuclear weapons like us, won the Nobel peace prize, the 92-year-old said, according to Agence France-Presse... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 5436

ANTI-NUCLEAR ARMS GROUP WINS NOBEL PRIZE


Anti-nuclear weapons group Ican wins Nobel Peace Prize... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 5282

PROSPECT OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA RAISES SPECTER OF DANGER


That is why the United States and the Soviet Union banned such tests in their first nuclear test-ban treaty, more than a half-century ago... READ MORE

23rd September, 2017 4901

ANTI-NUCLEAR WEAPONS GROUP WINS 2017 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE


The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 4338

SIGN UP TO THE UN BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS


A legally binding nuclear weapons ban treaty has been agreed by 122 states at the UN, the culmination of decades of global civil society campaigning... READ MORE

20th September, 2017 3925

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE


The world has nearly 15,000 nuclear weapons. This year's Nobel Peace Prize honors the quest to abolish all of them... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 3569

U.S. ASSESSES NORTH KOREA CAN FIT NUKE INSIDE A MISSILE, REPORT SAYS


The U.S. also calculated last month that North Korea has up to 60 nuclear weapons, the Post said, more than double most assessments by independent experts... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 3537

ALLIES WEIGH NUCLEAR OPTIONS AS NORTH KOREA THREAT LOOMS


Given the failure of sanctions, threats and negotiations to stop North Korea, South Koreans are increasingly convinced the North will never give up its nuclear weapons... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 3347

JAPAN, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER


Energy-hungry India wants to increase nuclear power generation to support its strong economic growth... READ MORE

12th November, 2016 3231

NORTH KOREA OFFICIAL: NUCLEAR WAR COULD BREAK OUT AT ANY MOMENT


North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho had this to say about Trump... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 3018

TRUMP REPEATS CALL FOR US NUCLEAR SUPREMACY


The US has 6,800 nuclear weapons and Russia has 7,000, according to the US nonpartisan Arms Control Association... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 2614

DON'T JOIN ANY U.S. ACTION AND YOU'RE SAFE


The caution was contained in a copy of North Korean Deputy U.N... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2563

DANGER OF WAR, GERMANY WARNS AFTER TRUMP'S MOVE ON IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL


He urged the United States not to endanger the security of its allies and its own people for domestic policy reasons... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 2000

DONALD TRUMP REFUSES TO RULE OUT LAUNCHING A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON EUROPE


Donald Trump refuses to rule out using nuclear weapons in attack on Europe... READ MORE

31st March, 2016 1786

HOW THE NUCLEAR THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA HAS GROWN


North Korea's nuclear weapons program has progressed in four areas that bear watching arsenal size, bomb strength, missile technology and ability to elude detection... READ MORE

18th February, 2017 1703

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ATOMIC BOMB AND A HYDROGEN BOMB?


The United States tested a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll in 1954 that was more than 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945... READ MORE

4th September, 2017 1552

HIROSHIMA OBSERVES 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING


Nuclear weapons an 'absolute evil' Hiroshima mayor 70 years after bombing... READ MORE

6th August, 2017 1384

RISK OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE AT ALL-TIME HIGH SINCE COLD WAR - UN STUDY


Risk of nuclear weapons use at all-time high since Cold War - UN study -- RT News... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 1339

NAGASAKI MAYOR: THREAT OF NEW NUCLEAR ATTACK GROWING


RELATED Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb The international situation surrounding nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly tense, Taue said at Nagasaki's peace park... READ MORE

9th August, 2017 1318

'STOP THE WORLD FROM GETTING WORSE'


With first-hand experience of the impact of nuclear weapons, japanese have good reasons to call for peace... READ MORE

6th August, 2017 1221

FOOTAGE EMERGES OF DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR A STRIKE ON NORTH KOREA


Footage emerges of Donald Trump calling for pre-emptive strike on North Korea 18 years ago... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 1179

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES TO DISARM


But he says the nuclear weapons states are not keeping their side of the bargain by disarming... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 1135

RUSSIA THREATENS US WITH NUCLEAR ARMS 'COUNTER-MEASURES'


The United States has reduced its non-strategic nuclear weapons by approximately 90 percent since the end of the Cold War, the spokesman, Lt... READ MORE

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