Nuclear Weapon
- World
Russia nuclear doctrine may be revised, defense panel chief indicates
Moscow: Russia could change its nuclear doctrine, which provides for the use of nuclear weapons only in retaliation if the country is attacked with weapons of mass destruction or faces an existential…
- World
Pace of UNSC reform ‘very frustrating’: Council president
United Nations: UN Security Council President Barbara Woodward has said that the pace of the Council reform process has been “very frustrating” and that her country backs moving on to text-based negotiations.…
- India
On Pokhran II anniversary, know list of countries with nuclear weapons
On May 11, 2023, India celebrates the 25th anniversary of the successful Pokhran II nuclear tests conducted in Pokhran, Rajasthan. These tests propelled India into the list of countries possessing nuclear weapons.…
- World
Moscow to deploy nuclear weapons near Belarus with NATO countries: Russian envoy
Tallinn: Russian Ambassador to Belarus on Sunday said that Moscow will deploy tactical nuclear weapons near Belarus’ border with NATO countries amid increasing tension with the US over the Ukraine war, reported…
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North Korea tests new underwater nuke weapon capable of ‘radioactive tsunami’
Seoul: North Korea tested a new underwater nuclear weapon earlier this week capable of spawning a “radioactive tsunami”, Pyongyang’s state media said on Friday. Separately, the North also conducted a cruise missile…
- India
India, Pak seem to be increasing size of nuclear weapon inventories: Arms watchdog
Stockholm: India and Pakistan also seem to be increasing the size of their nuclear weapon inventories, a leading arms watchdog has said. At the start of 2022, nine states — the US,…
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China claims to have beaten US to develop next gen hypersonic missiles
New Delhi: China claims it has beaten the US to developing heat-seeking hypersonic missiles that could home in on targets including aircraft carriers and moving vehicles, Daily Mail reported. The development, which…
