カテゴリー: Nuclear weapons
Defence minister shows North Korean leader weapons including hypersonic missiles at airfield near VladivostokThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships, accompanied by…
Kim Jong-un heralds new chapter for navy but South Korea says vessel seems not to be operationalNorth Korea has launched its first “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, state media reported, although the South Korean military said the vessel might not b…
Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister has hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Around 140…
Leader tightens grip over country’s military leadership with biggest shake-up in a decadeTwo of China’s top generals overseeing its nuclear missiles have been replaced with scant explanation in the biggest shake-up of the country’s military leadership…
Pacific nation plagued by environmental effects of 67 bomb tests between 1946 and 1958, including Castle Bravo detonation in 1954The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands has called for more US compensation over the legacy of massive US nuclear test…
Xi Jining reportedly warned Russian counterpart against using nuclear weapons on visit to Moscow in MarchSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe Kremlin has denied a report that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, had personally warned his Russian co…
Several groups wrote to the Hiroshima city government asking it not to sign the agreement with US counterparts Survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have reacted angrily to an agreement that links the city’s peace park with a memorial in Pearl H…
There are now an estimated 12,512 warheads across the globe, with most of the new ones in military stockpiles said to be China’sThe number of operational nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the major military powers is on the rise again according to a l…
Tokyo says any missile entering its territory will be destroyed as Pyongyang completes preparations to launch first military spy satelliteJapan’s military has said it will destroy any North Korean missile that violates its territory and is making prepa…
G7 leaders have laid flowers at a memorial to the victims of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima in a sombre opening to a summit overshadowed by fears of a potential nuclear conflict in Ukraine. As the heavy early morning rain began to ease, the summit’…
At a ceremony opening the G7 summit in Japan, leaders laid wreaths and visited the museum commemorating the 1945 attackG7 leaders prepare new sanctions against RussiaG7 leaders have laid flowers at a memorial to the victims of the US atomic bombing of …
Ukraine and China’s Taiwan ambitions are expected to dominate summit discussions, but Fumio Kishida will have a powerful backdrop The war in Ukraine and Chinese aggression towards Taiwan will dominate G7 discussions this week, but host Fumio Kishida is…
Exclusive: Letter calls on US and Russia to isolate weapons agreements from other disputesUK politics live – latest updatesA global array of former world leaders and defence ministers, nuclear experts and diplomats have called on the leaders of G7 coun…
Almost eight decades after the bomb, G7 leaders will meet in the Japanese city where survivors are urging action on disarmament amid the Ukraine warA blow to the head probably saved Park Namjoo’s life. The 13-year-old schoolgirl, like many other childr…
Kim Yo-jong’s broadside came after US and South Korea enhance nuclear cooperation and Biden warns Pyongyang an attack would end the regimeThe powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has said her country will stage more displays of military might in res…