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Why the nuclear weapons is not the main security guarantee Commemorating the 70-year tragic anniversary of the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it seems appropriate to once again ponder over the role of nuclear weapons in the world, as well as over their ...
... interpretative declarations in order to remove any ambiguity. Russia clarified that it will abandon the treaty in the event of a military attack against its territory or its allies. Other instances include the entry or transit of ships and aircraft carrying nuclear weapons into the ports and airports of Central Asian states. The reservations expressed by Great Britain and France suggest that Articles 3 and 4 of the CANWFZ Treaty, prohibiting Central Asian countries from developing, producing and stockpiling ...
... Tonopah Test Range in NV became the site for the successful testing of the 12th version of the B61 nuclear bomb, which was dropped from an F-15E uncharged, consequently causing no explosion. The event was part of the life extension program for U.S. nuclear weapons that also covers warheads for sea-based Tridents and ground-based Minutemen. The modernization is supposed to extend their life by 30 years, since the program provides for the replacement of mechanical components, for example, the B61 ...
... Russia applies for its Arctic sector but is again rejected. What next? Russia is likely to establish its sovereignty unilaterally, and the response of others is far from clear. States are moving toward more intensive conflicts with the local use of nuclear weapons, but the victorious deal will remain the standard outcome. To this end, what about Asia-Pacific? Because of the unsettled territorial dispute, Japan is Russia’s biggest regional problem. With the Japanese economy waning, militarized ...
The Ninth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has opened in New York. Representatives of NPT member nations meet once every five years to discuss the current state of nuclear arsenals and prospects for reducing them, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and the development ...
... started procuring some of the components needed for Successor ahead of its scheduled 2028 service entry. While other nuclear-armed states are investing heavily in modernising strategic forces, there is a growing public debate about the practicality of nuclear weapons in the UK. This process of force modernisation is not exclusive to the UK. The Economist this month declared that the world now faces a growing threat of nuclear conflict, with all nuclear powers ‘spending lavishly’ to upgrade ...
... initiated negotiations with Vietnam on strategic partnership. The ‘containment of China’ strategy still lacks clearly defined nuclear dimensions, but the United States is conducting consultations with South Korea to potentially redeploy tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) to the Korean Peninsula [2] . The United States also blocked an attempt by the Yukio Hatoyama administration (2009–2010) to expand Japan’s nuclear autonomy [3] . A special option afforded by this strategy is the creation ...
... "The Arak heavy water reactor is also one of the most important and difficult subjects to be examined and discussed in the negotiations, and we certainly want to keep this reactor." Western powers and Israel have long suspected Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capability alongside its civilian programme, charges denied by Tehran. Under the interim deal, Iran agreed to roll back or freeze some nuclear activities for six months in exchange for modest sanctions relief and a promise by Western powers ...
... ‘dirty bomb’), giving rise to nuclear or radiological terrorism, respectively. The most infamous instances of nuclear terrorism have included attempts made by Al-Qaeda, the Japanese cult of Aum Shinrikyo, and Chechen terrorists, to acquire nuclear weapons or related components and technologies. According to the US , late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been engaged in such attempts since 1992. Instances of nuclear terrorism in Russia are all linked to Chechnya. In an interview with ...
On January 9, 2014 a trilateral meeting of experts from Russia, USA and China devoted to the issues of nuclear non-proliferation and security in the Asia-Pacific region and North-East Asia took place in Washington, DC. The meeting was organized by the Nuclear Threat Initiative . During the discussion, participants touched upon the following topics: the threat of nuclear terrorism, threats from the new nuclear states and means of countering them, the likelihood of regional nuclear conflicts and...
