Nuclear Weapons

India possesses more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, while China has expanded its nuclear arsenal from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 by January 2024, according to a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a…
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President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and his defense minister flatly denied US claims that Russia was developing a nuclear capability for space. A source familiar with…
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Beijing on Friday stressed its nuclear program was only intended for self-defense, insisting nations had nothing to fear as long as they did not threaten China with attack. Washington said this week that China’s nuclear arsenal was…
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The Permanent Mission of North Korea to the United Nations has criticized the U.S. for having nuclear weapons and urged it to stop "sharing nuclear" or "beefing up extended deterrence," state media KCNA reported on Saturday. While…
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US President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Mr Biden called Putin's…
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Russia will begin moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday. Construction of storage facilities in Belarus will be completed by July 7-8,…
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, on Friday denounced the threat of use of nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict as “inadmissible” and opposed unilateral actions to change the status quo or increase tensions in…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would respond to US threats with nuclear weapons, state media said Saturday, after Kim personally oversaw Pyongyang's latest launch of intercontinental ballistic missile. Since Kim declared North…
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US President Joe Biden expressed skepticism on Thursday about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comment that he had no intention of using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. Putin, in a speech earlier in the day, played down a nuclear standoff…
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US President Joe Biden has warned Russia against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying it would be an “incredibly serious mistake”. The Biden administration had earlier said Russia had given notice that it intended to stage routine…
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