Not exact matches
Looking to the success of the post Cold War - era, when the world dismantled 90 % of its
nuclear weapons, Nunn and Lugar maintain that safe denuclearization can
be achieved
with proper planning.
«I think the greatest threat to the world and to our two countries, and to all countries,
is the marriage of militant Islam
with nuclear weapons, and specifically the attempt of Iran to acquire
nuclear weapons.
«The multilateral talks
with Iran that culminated in the deal to verifiably prevent Iran from acquiring a
nuclear weapon were focused squarely on Iran's
nuclear program,» Price said in a statement to Business Insider.
(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its
nuclear weapons capability, and that he
was sure U.S. President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's
nuclear deal
with western powers.
«This
is the only country that has ever
been bombed
with nuclear weapons.
Introducing
nuclear weapons into this process forces a nation to move
with caution because the risk of massive retaliation
is great.
With geopolitical tensions extremely high, it
's vital that all involved remember North Korea
is about more than
nuclear weapons, missiles and deterrence.
Britain said on Sunday that it, France and Germany - the other signatories to the 2015 Iran deal along
with Russia, China and the European Union - agreed that the accord
was the best way of stopping Tehran from gaining
nuclear weapons.
It uses tons of archival
nuclear weapons footage — roughly a third of which the public has never seen before — overlaid
with Cold War - era documents that
are brought to life
with eye - catching animation.
However, the IAEA, which
is the group in charge of monitoring Iran's facilities, has found the country
is in compliance
with the agreement, and has said it has «n o credible evidence» that Iran
was pursuing
nuclear weapons after 2009.
Tensions in the Korean peninsula have amped up recently,
with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un continuing to test
nuclear weapons — thought to
be capable of reaching U.S. soil — despite United Nations sanctions.
The United States has said it
is willing to negotiate
with the North if the country commits to get rid of its
nuclear weapons, which Pyongyang has refused to do.
And any use of
nuclear weapons by the North will
be met
with a massive military response that
is both effective and overwhelming,» Mattis said.
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.
These include: itinerary details; the name of the person or organization paying for the trip; the names of every country the applicant has visited in the past 10 years (99 for me); the applicant's current and two previous places of work; every educational institution the applicant has attended; all the professional, civil, and charity organizations of which the applicant
is a member or
with which he has «cooperated»; the names of all the applicant's relatives in Russia; the details of any training in firearms, explosives,
nuclear weapons, and «biological and chemical substances» (which arguably would include everything from acidophilus yogurt to Drano); and details of the applicant's military service, including rank and occupation.
Trump
is planning to meet
with Kim by June, in search of a deal in which North Korea would give up his
nuclear weapons.
In other words, if the launch
is unsuccessful, the rocket could explode
with the force of a
nuclear weapon.
«If things continue along they way they
're going, I think there
's little doubt North Korea will eventually have the capability to hit targets in the US
with nuclear weapons.»
The Obama administration at the time
was eager to improve relations
with Iran and stall its
nuclear weapons program.
The B83, a strategic
nuclear weapon with a yield of up to 1.2 megatons,
is one derivative.
The first reference to that extreme plan
was made in 1959 when the MoD warned that
nuclear weapons had rendered the tunnel vulnerable but that it also provided the UK
with a good option in terms of defence.
These facts
are consistent
with what the United States has long known: Iran had a robust, clandestine
nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people.
Russian president Vladimir Putin significantly escalated anti-American rhetoric Tuesday
with a chilling video of a new «invincible»
nuclear weapon that
was shown striking Florida in a CGI video.
«We
are determined to make sure [Iran] never possesses a
nuclear weapon,» Mr. Pompeo said at a joint news conference in Riyadh
with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al - Jubeir.
These facts
are consistent
with what the United States has long known: Iran had a robust, clandestine
nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people,» the White House said in a statement.
The Wall Street Journal in August spoke
with a South Korean trader who provided perhaps the best insight into why: «If war breaks out
with North Korea and they fire a
nuclear weapon, it becomes a matter of life or death, and at that point, what happens in the stock market
is meaningless.»
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, a war
with North Korea
is the markets» biggest geopolitical black swan, because it would likely
be cataclysmic,
with hundreds of thousands dead, the world's fifth - largest metro area, Seoul, suffering massive destruction, and perhaps even
nuclear or chemical
weapons unleashed on Japan or U.S. bases in the region.
The risk of an inadvertent
nuclear war
is rising because of the entanglement of non-
nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons and their command - and - control capabilities.
Ahead of a meeting between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, expected to
be held by early June, North Korea expressed a serious intent to make its first summit
with the United States a success,
with Washington urging Pyongyang to give up all its
nuclear weapons.
WASHINGTON — North Korea's
nuclear weapons development
is spooking most Americans, and two - thirds of them say President Donald Trump's war of words
with the isolated nation's leader
is making the situation worse.
He also argued that trade
with Iran
was a way to offer it an incentive to keep its hands off of
nuclear weapons.
However, using the NIV translation (probably most inaccurate english translation), replacing «holy covenant»
with UN, «western coastlands» or «Kittim»
with U.S. and «abomination that causes desolation»
with nuclear weapons, it
's easy to see how The End could
be sooner rather than later.
But, got ta admit, your science
with bio
weapons,
nuclear weapons and other advancements, your science
is just like anything else on this planet in the wrong hands.
As of this writing, the «surge» in Iraq seems to
be working, the «intelligence community» that a while back told us that Iran
is on the edge of having a
nuclear weapon now tells us
with the same «high confidence» that it isn't true, and the New York Philharmonic has agreed to play in North Korea.
Most recently it
was uncovered that North Korea may
be able to deliver a
nuclear weapon via missile
with low reliability, according to the Pentagon.
As the big lie grows that
nuclear war can
be won, the illusion grows that the ability to destroy other nations
with nuclear weapons is the supreme exemplification of unilateral power in human affairs.
On October 2, David Kay, the U.S. inspector in charge of finding
weapons of mass destruction, reported to Congress that he had found no chemical, biological or
nuclear weapons, although their existence
was one of the major rationales for going to war
with Iraq.
Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations
are involved; these have
been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have
been fought not
with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of
weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead
with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served
weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.
In the immediate context of The Challenge of Peace this conviction
was focused specifically on the question of
nuclear weapons and whether they might ever
be morally used; the United States bishops» answer
was No, and in this they concurred
with a wide range of opponents of
nuclear weapons around the world.
Now it
is up to the clergy, who more and more can begin to act on the convictions expressed by the U.N. report, which opens
with the words «Alarmed by the threat to the very survival of mankind,» and proceeds:»... the accumulation of
weapons, particularly
nuclear weapons, today constitutes much more a threat than a protection for the future of mankind.
Over the past year, Pyongyang has made big advances in
being able to strike the US
with a
nuclear weapon.
This
is why there
's fail - safes in our
Nuclear / Biological
weapons systems, keeps those religious nut jobs from trying to bring about the apocalypse
with their own twisted beliefs, decry Islam, but the Book of Revelation
is nothing to look forward to.
The Iraq War, however,
is not
being fought
with nuclear weapons and
is in fact part of a strategy — whether wise or not
is another question — aimed at, among other things, preventing Iran from obtaining a
nuclear capacity.
Moreover, this constant process
is carried out as Christians wrestle self - consciously
with problems of importance, such as the environmental crisis, hunger, poverty,
nuclear weapons capable of omnicide, sexism, racism, classism, and anti-Judaism.
'» The technical discussions as to when or whether
nuclear weapons can
be used without violating just war criteria
are irrelevant unless the question of escalation can
be answered
with certainty.
What
is so wrong
with these men (no woman has yet become known
with this kind of message) that they can preach and rejoice in a God who actively wills the destruction of most of humanity, whose idea of peace
is to destroy all contrary voices, and who calls us to
be fellow destroyers by sanctioning build - ups of
nuclear weapons?
The search today for some minimal order under law must go on in the threatening world of nations, some armed
with nuclear weapons, and others preparing to
be so armed.
Thirdly, the Christian nations, made economically strong by both their political imperialism and their advanced state of technology, have not only constructed the
weapons for
nuclear war but also
been most to blame for the selfish exploitation of the non-renewable resources of the earth, for the accumulating mass pollution, for the gross interference
with the delicate ecology of the planet.
(1) There
are tens of thousands of
nuclear weapons stockpiled,
with over 7,000 actually targeted and ready for instant use.
They best just bow down because America will turn that country into a hellish lava pit
with the detonation of
Nuclear weapons... Pakistan
is a disgrace because they will stab you in the back.