Sentences with phrase «as nuclear weapon states»

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They're very concerned about Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon, and they've stated that if Iran acquires, or looks like it's going to acquire a nuclear weapon, they will do so as well.

«The United States, though inherently hostile to North Korea, will get to know once our talk begins that I am not the kind of person who will use nuclear weapons against the South or the United States across the Pacific,» Moon's press secretary Yoon Young - chan quoted Kim as saying.

The maps below show which countries possess (or have possessed) nuclear weapons, as well as states that are capable of building them.

Earlier this month, during a two - hour state - of - the - nation speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a slew of new nuclear weapons as well as a hypersonic missile.

The United States has been lying about Iran having a nuclear weapons program for decades, as well documented by Gareth Porter and other journalists.

As part of his «State of the World» address, Pope Francis asked world leaders to stand up for more conversations toward peace in Korea and an enforced ban on nuclear weapons.

If so, he should read Hartshorne's «Note» at the conclusion of Reality as Social Process, published in 1953.41 There he speaks of pacifism as error and afirms his conviction that the United States should not renounce the use either of strategic bombing or nuclear weapons in its «Cold War» with Russia.

The dilemma is easily stated: The non-Communist world needs nuclear power to deter Communist nuclear power (to prevent nuclear blackmail and pressure in the interests of Communist expansion); but if we ever use our nuclear weapons, they are likely to destroy all that they defend as deterrents.

For Christians this was evident several years ago when the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States condemned even the possession of nuclear weapons as a violation of the just war ethic.

But we should not be too cynical: the Nuclear Summit was indeed a success for some participating states as it fell prey to political manipulation political manipulation by states seeking a platform to prove either their eligibility and need for nuclear trade (as Pakistan did); or to prove that they are responsible nuclear states (as India, South Korea and many others did); or that they can provide adequate nuclear security in order to uphold the rights of all nations to peaceful nuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to haveNuclear Summit was indeed a success for some participating states as it fell prey to political manipulation political manipulation by states seeking a platform to prove either their eligibility and need for nuclear trade (as Pakistan did); or to prove that they are responsible nuclear states (as India, South Korea and many others did); or that they can provide adequate nuclear security in order to uphold the rights of all nations to peaceful nuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to havenuclear trade (as Pakistan did); or to prove that they are responsible nuclear states (as India, South Korea and many others did); or that they can provide adequate nuclear security in order to uphold the rights of all nations to peaceful nuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to havenuclear states (as India, South Korea and many others did); or that they can provide adequate nuclear security in order to uphold the rights of all nations to peaceful nuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to havenuclear security in order to uphold the rights of all nations to peaceful nuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to havenuclear trade (as the P5 and recognized nuclear weapon states seemed to havenuclear weapon states seemed to have done).

This questions the legitimacy given to nuclear weapons by military leaders as important «deterrents» and counters the widespread belief that, as Richard Price states, «nuclear weapons don't kill, rogues do».

The governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, and Spain support Britain in its opposition to making nuclear weapons illegal, as do Australia, Canada, and the United States.

All the scenarios where we could really need nuclear weapons are — as the government's strategic review states — pretty unforeseeable in the short to medium term.

Unilateral nuclear disarmament would leave France as the sole nuclear weapons state in Europe, inflating Paris's role in the north Atlantic alliance and hastening the demise of the Anglo - American special relationship.

America's extended nuclear umbrella had seemed viable in the early post-war years when the United States maintained overwhelming superiority in these weapons, but grew increasingly questionable as Soviet gains in nuclear and missile technology ushered in the era of superpower parity and «mutually assured destruction».

The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads.

Possession of nuclear weapons could be seen as the ultimate bargaining tool in international diplomacy, instantly giving any nuclear state a seat at the top table.

A policy of deterrence is useless against terrorists, and is less useful against «rogue states» such as Iran and North Korea, both of which are believed to possess nuclear weapons, because their motivations are not easily understood.

As I said after that vote, the Iran deal paved the way for a dangerous state sponsor of terrorism to achieve what it wanted most — nuclear weapons, and the means and funds to deliver them.

Stone highlighted the planned construction, beginning in 2018, of the Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF), which would be the country's first synchrotron and its «biggest basic science project ever,» as «a testament to the country's determination to do science in spite of turmoil, political interference, and the viselike grip of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to block Iran's suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons.

As nuclear technology spread beyond the major superpowers, this potential application led to worries over uncontrolled proliferation of atomic weapons to other states or even to terrorist groups.

Joy renewed his call, stated earlier this year in a Wired magazine article, for checks on unhindered development and dispersion of potentially harmful technology: «Just as with nuclear weapons, we wouldnt want everyone to have a nuclear weapon in their garage when they have a bad day.»

This situation has led to doubts and uncertainties about the roles and missions of nuclear weapons and their value against 21st century security threats, including allies» uncertainties about U.S. assurances as they relate to emerging nuclear - armed neighboring states.

The United States has decided not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear countries as long as they comply with their nonproliferation commitments under different international treaties.

Shuttering a key part of PF - 4 abruptly halted two types of sensitive work done nowhere else in the United States, for roughly the next four years: The invasive sampling and analysis of selected aging nuclear weapons cores to ensure that intact models could all still function as intended; and the production of new cores that could be fit into more modern nuclear weapons or replace those pulled apart in testing.

As a result of this mission and others, all atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons by the United States was stopped.

Among these are disagreements between the United States and Russia about the utility and purposes of missile defence, as well as insufficient transparency, planning, and cooperation among the nine nuclear weapons states to support a continuing draStates and Russia about the utility and purposes of missile defence, as well as insufficient transparency, planning, and cooperation among the nine nuclear weapons states to support a continuing drastates to support a continuing drawdown.

The letter states that autonomous weapons have been describes as «the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms» and argues it would only be a matter of time before they fall into the hands of terrorists, dictators and warlords who may use them for ethnic cleansing and to control their populace.

In fact, one can hardly imagine a more all - encompassing provision to include the option of anticipatory strike than the one envisaging the «employment of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States, its allies, and partners» (p 21), as laid down in the NPR.

The current NPR, as well as Obama's, reserves the right for the US to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapon states, which are not in compliance with their non-proliferation obligations.

In this context, the very use of the concept of «vital interests» should be viewed as problematic, having regard to the standard of «the very survival of a state», which the ICJ considered as possibly justifying self - defense by means of nuclear weapons (Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, panuclear weapons (Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, paNuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, para 97).

India and China are the only countries with nuclear weapons and an official «No First Use» policy in place that states they will only use their nuclear weapons as a retaliatory action.

As North Korea is increasing uncertainty through its nuclear weapon programs and other acts of espionage, not to mention increasing the public's distrust of centralized financial authorities by hacking state banking, people in the region are turning in record numbers to cryptocurrency as an alternate economic systeAs North Korea is increasing uncertainty through its nuclear weapon programs and other acts of espionage, not to mention increasing the public's distrust of centralized financial authorities by hacking state banking, people in the region are turning in record numbers to cryptocurrency as an alternate economic systeas an alternate economic system.

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