Sentences with phrase «allies with nuclear weapons»

Trump on Tuesday hosted a discussion on options to respond to any North Korean aggression or if necessary to prevent Pyongyang from threatening the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons, the White House said in a statement.

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Those prerequisites include terminating America's military presence in South Korea as well as ending the U.S. regional nuclear umbrella, a security arrangement in which Washington promises in - kind retaliation on behalf of close allies if they are attacked with nuclear weapons.

It would suggest to allies and enemies the world over that use of nuclear weapons is acceptable, and they might set their own parameters for using such weapons, which could be at odds with our own parameters.

It's a poorly - scrutinised treaty which the Commission, nevertheless, thinks is «an opportunity to initiate a full conversation with the United States and France on the conditions that could allow the allied nuclear weapon states to consider closer coordination of their continuous patrolling posture».

While the superpowers were busy threatening to destroy each other with nuclear weapons, Albert B. Sabin turned to a surprising ally to test his new oral polio vaccine — a Soviet scientist

Britain and the US, with the support of their wartime allies prevented West Germany from developing a nuclear arsenal so its only route to recognition was via a multilateral nuclear force, in which the control of nuclear weapons was shared.