Tag: Nuclear Weapons
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Russia reserves right to use nuclear weapons if attacked – Putin
Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Such conditions include “if the enemy, using conventional weapons, poses a critical threat” to Russia’s sovereignty
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Threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is ‘real’ – Biden
President Joe Biden said 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, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first
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U.S. warns Putin of ‘catastrophic’ consequences over nuclear weapons
United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Sullivan said the United States has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face.
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WAR: I’ll be forced to use nuclear weapons – Russia’s Putin roars
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use the nuclear weapons to defend his country amid the ongoing war with Ukraine. Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War II that ended in 1945. He has backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine with a stern warning to the west that he…
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Hiroshima bombing @77: UN chief calls for global nuclear disarmament
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Saturday called for global nuclear disarmament, saying it is totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war. Guterres said this in Japan at a Peace Memorial Ceremony, marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. “Nuclear weapons are…
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North Korean’s Kim threatens to use nuclear weapons if attacked
North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of military conflict with the United States and South Korea, according to remarks reported by state media on Thursday. “Our armed forces are thoroughly prepared to respond to any crisis,” Kim said.
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War: Russia threatens Finland, Sweden over decision to join NATO
Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev mentioned that Russia would have to strengthen its defence by shoring up its land, naval and air forces in the Baltic Sea in the situation these two Scandinavian nations join NATO.
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Nigeria restates call for total elimination of nuclear weapons
Nigeria has restated its calls for the total elimination of nuclear weapons to engender a peaceful and secured world. Amb. Audu Kadiri, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Offices in Geneva and Other International Organisations, stated this in Gemeva at the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of…
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Nigeria backs calls for nuclear weapons-free world
Nigeria has voiced its support to the non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), saying a world free of nuclear weapons is the ideal society it envisaged. Prof. Tijjani Bande, Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, delivered this position in his statement at the Security Council Open Debate on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.…
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“No retreat, no surrender” plays out in North Korea nuclear tests
Like a “No retreat, no surrender” act, a North Korean government official said on Wednesday that his country’s nuclear tests would “never stop” as long as the United States continued what they viewed as “acts of aggression”. Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Sok Chol Won wouldn’t confirm when the country’s long-anticipated sixth nuclear test would take…