Sentences with phrase «against nuclear attacks»

Originally, he had designed it to be used to defend against nuclear attacks, but upon hearing the truth from legendary FOXHOUND operative, Solid Snake, his whole world came crashing down.

Originally, he had designed it to be used to defend against nuclear attacks, but upon hearing the truth from legendary FOXHOUND operative, Solid Snake, his whole world came crashing down.

Not exact matches

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a wild state of the nation address to the country's elites on Thursday, and he chose to conclude the speech by hyping up a bunch of doomsday nuclear devices and threatening to retaliate against anyone who attacks the US with nuclear force.

Finally, the DF - 41 carries up to 12 large nuclear Multiple, Independently targeted Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) warheads, increasing its effectiveness against multiple large, hardened targets and decreasing the ability to intercept it after re-entry into the atmosphere during its terminal attack phase.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is moving «ever closer» to putting Americans at risk and that he believes leader Kim Jong Un won't rest until he's able to threaten multiple nuclear attacks against the US at the same time.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

Anton Troianovski reports: «He also warned that Moscow would consider any nuclear attack, of any size, on it or its allies an attack on Russia that would lead to an immediate response — adopting Cold War - style overtones that appeared to ramp up Russia's posturing against the West and its allies.

Having gained strategic depth in Afghanistan, Iran has developed asymmetrical capability to disrupt U.S. operations or retaliate against American troops, should Iran's nuclear facilities be attacked.

After all, even according to Waltz's own theory, Israel would never use its nuclear weapons against Iran even if Hezbollah or any of Iran's other allies repeatedly attacked it.

For example in North Korea, the max range of their nuclear arsenal, is very unlikely further than South Korea, which means, that they can't reach all the powers, which would, in a potential nuclear attack, would start nuclear strikes back against them.

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

What sort of attack are our nuclear missiles supposed to protect us against?

One could also argue that the US would try to avoid using nuclear weapons against North Korea in the case of a retaliation attack in order to prevent larger tensions with Beijing and more risks to South Korea.

Opponents also maintain that dropping sanctions against Iran will rejuvenate its economy, allowing it to send even more funds to terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, to reanimate its atomic facilities after a decade passes and to develop the ballistics necessary to launch nuclear attacks on American and Israeli territory — possibly even on New York City.

It has also been claimed that the only truly sovereign states are those that control their own currency, borders, and nuclear weapons (capable of being delivered against any power that might attack the state).

Congressman Jerrold Nadler said today he was disturbed and surprised by the «viciousness» of attacks against him after he announced last month he would support the Iran nuclear agreement.

An unfocused, unfunny black comedy, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb details the chaos that ensues after a nuclear attack is mistakenly triggered against the Soviet Union - with the film following a host of disparate figures, including George C. Scott's Buck Turgidson, Sterling Hayden's Jack D. Ripper, and Peter Sellers» title character, as they attempt to neutralize the threat.

Protection against a severe solar storm, or even a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack, can be established rather easily and inexpensively.

The 74 - page report assesses nuclear power's key problems and offers recommendations to strengthen nuclear plant safety, better protect facilities against sabotage and attack, ensure the safe disposal of nuclear waste, and minimize the risk that nuclear power will help more nations and terrorists acquire nuclear weapons.

If we use full - cost pricing — requiring utilities to absorb the costs of disposing of nuclear waste, of decommissioning the plant when it is worn out, and of insuring the reactors against possible accidents and terrorist attacks — building nuclear plants in a competitive electricity market is clearly not economical.

Even with a decade or more of updating homeland protection measures (started under Clinton), while I'm not going to go so far as to say that most cities in the USA are still better prepared against a Soviet - era invasion and nuclear attack than commonplace weather emergencies... but I wouldn't be exaggerating by much to say so.

If we use full - cost pricing — requiring utilities to absorb the costs of disposing of nuclear waste, of decommissioning a plant when it wears out, and of insuring reactors against possible accidents and terrorist attacks — building nuclear plants in a competitive electricity market is simply not economical.

Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed alarm that the Heads of State cast a role for nuclear power in Europe's energy future, without offering solutions to its unsolved problems: how to treat and store waste for thousands of years, the risk of serious accidents, the proliferation of nuclear weapon material and how to secure nuclear plants against terrorist attacks.

The NPR clearly states that a terrorist nuclear attack against the US or its allies and partners would qualify as an «extreme circumstance» and any state that supports or enables terrorist efforts will experience the «ultimate form of retaliation» (p 68).

Thus, the NPR implicitly confirms the US's longstanding «unwilling or unable» doctrine, allowing to respond with the nuclear strike against a terrorist attack even where there is no «host state» involvement.