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Moscow has said it will be forced to strengthen its defences in the Baltic if Finland and Sweden join Nato, including by deploying nuclear weapons, as the war in Ukraine entered its seventh week. The former president Dmitry Medvedev, a …
At the height of political turmoil in Pakistan, the army conducted a test of its nuclear-capable missile Shaheen-III. This was the second time the missile was fired in the last two years, with the last test on 20 January 2021. …
Nuclear warheads in usable stockpiles are increasing, the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor warned Monday, along with its partner, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The monitor said that nine nuclear-armed states had a combined arsenal of 12,705 nuclear warheads …
China is racing to stockpile nuclear weapons capable of striking North America, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The communist nation is reportedly “accelerating” the development of “more than 100 suspected missile silos,” each reportedly able to house missiles with …
North Korea tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile late last month, ending its five-year moratorium on long-range testing. Earlier this month, meanwhile, a majority of members in Iran’s parliament wrote to hardline conservative President Ibrahim Raisi, urging the regime …
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised the specter of something that most American and European governments have tried to avoid over the past 70 years: a wide-scale war in the heart of Europe. Could this conflict potentially turn into …
The world is closer to nuclear war than it has been since the Cold War, and incidents such as the Cuban Missile Crisis have brought the West within touching distance of catastrophe. Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine has reignited the …
China has built a new research facility to simulate an attack by nuclear bunker-busting weapons and learn how they damage defence facilities, even those built at extreme depths, according to military scientists involved in the project. In the past, shelters …
Just a day after the AUKUS partner companies announced they would collaborate on a hypersonic weapons deal in a bid to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, Beijing has issued a warning, saying the move could trigger another Ukraine-like crisis. …
The world watched uneasily on Feb. 24 when Russian troops, under the orders of President Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine. “The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said March …
Amid Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine, the United States has been increasingly getting wary about China’s nuclear missiles develepment in the western region. The head of U.S. Strategic command is scheduled to discuss China’s “breathtaking expansion” of its strategic and …
North Korea opposes war, but if South Korea chooses military confrontation or makes a preemptive strike, then the North’s nuclear forces will have to attack, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong, a …