NUKE WARS

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Iran military official: West used lizards for nuclear spying
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of enviro...
Hard road ahead for Olympics detente: analysts
Feb 11, 2018 (AFP)
The speed of the Olympics-driven rapprochement across the Demilitarized Zone that has divided North and South since the end of the Korean war has been extraordi...
Questions surround prison death of Iranian-Canadian environmentalist
Feb 11, 2018 (AFP)
Iran's academic community was in shock over the death of Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, one of the country's most revered professors and head of the Persian Wildlife H...
US, S. Korea united as inter-Korea talks occur: Pence
Feb 10, 2018 (AFP)
Analysts say the North's Olympic diplomatic drive seeks to loosen international sanctions against it and undermine the alliance between Seoul and Washington. Pe...
Russians held for 'mining bitcoin' at top nuclear lab
Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)
Several employees at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in the city of Sarov have been detained after making "an attempt to use the work computing facilities fo...
UN chief urges dialogue in talks with N. Korea ceremonial leader
Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)
Kim and Guterres attended a dinner ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. "He did have a brief exchange with president Kim," said UN spokes...
Pence: US 'ready for any eventuality' on N.Korea
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking to US and Japanese troops at the Yokota Air Base outside Tokyo, Pence vowed to continue the "maximum pressure campaign" on North Korea in a bid to forc...
North Korea holds military parade on eve of Olympics
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
The nuclear-armed North is on an Olympics-linked charm offensive -- sending a troupe of performers, hundreds of female cheerleaders, and the sister of leader Ki...
France to spend 37 bn euros on upgrading nuclear arsenal
Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)
The upgrades to France's land- and sea-based nuclear deterrent will be part of the nearly 300 billion euros ($370 billion) to be spent by 2025. That would take ...
Lockheed contracted for support of Trident D5 missile
Feb 07, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $28.7 million under a cost-plus-fixed-fee, which is a modification on a previou...
Pence announces 'toughest' US sanctions on North Korea
Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking in Japan before attending the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in South Korea, Pence pledged that Washington would "intensify its maximum pressure ...
Trump 'seeking nuclear war' with new policy: NKorean institute
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Pentagon's so-called Nuclear Posture Review, unveiled last week, outlined plans to develop new low-yield atomic weapons -- a move it said was necessary to c...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to modernize USAF Airborne Launch Control System
Feb 06, 2018 (SPX)
The Airborne Launch Control System-Replacement (ALCS-R) program will provide a survivable alternate launch capability for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Bal...
US wants low-yield nukes to prod Russia to respect nuclear pacts
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
Mattis told a hearing in Congress that Moscow is violating the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty and Washington want to pressure it to get back in line. "As yo...
Iran president rules out negotiations over missiles
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Tehran, Rouhani also criticised the ongoing Turkish offensive in northern Syria, saying it was showing "no result...
US does not rule out North Korea talks at Olympics
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
With the United States and North Korea locked in a high-stakes nuclear standoff and trading fiery insults, Pence said no talks were scheduled, but suggested a m...
Top US general warns of 'nasty' Korea conflict, stresses diplomacy
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
General Joe Dunford, who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon's role is to bolster diplomatic efforts by providing a clear message ab...
Top NK official to visit South for Olympics; US may seek meeting
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
Kim Yong-Nam will technically be the most senior official from the North ever to travel to the other side of the Demilitarized Zone that has for decades divided...
Russia deploying ballistic missiles to Baltic enclave: Lithuania
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
Russia has previously sent Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad for drills, but Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said that this time they were being deployed...
US to Russia: respect nuclear limits under New START Treaty
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
The strategic arms reduction treaty was signed by Washington and Moscow in 2010, and took effect in February 2011. It calls for the gradual reduction over 10 ye...
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