Sentences with phrase «called nuclear strike»

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So there are zero uses of nuclear weapons that have ever been used in a way that violates the policy that you are calling «no - first - strike» (the North Korean policy).

Assuming that decision - makers make cost - benefit analyses when deciding to use force, China's doctrine calls for acquiring a nuclear arsenal only large enough to destroy an adversary's «strategic points» in such a way that the expected costs of a first strike outweigh the anticipated benefits.

Corbyn's recent remarks, in which he undermined Labour policy by stating that he would never sanction a nuclear strike, and more recently when he changed his mind over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy in the event of a potential Paris - style attack in the UK, have deeply angered many members of the parliamentary group.

A group of nuclear power experts and former regulators from 11 nations, responding to Japan's nuclear disaster, is calling for «stress tests» on the world's reactors to determine their ability to withstand extreme earthquakes, flooding or other natural disasters that strike singly or in combination.

During the conversation, Bertolaso also told Stati that his second - in - command, Bernardo de Bernardinis, would call her to arrange the meeting in order to «shut up any imbecile, to calm inferences, worries, etc.» This is thought to be a reference to Gioacchino Giuliani, a technician at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics near L'Aquila who it is reported had alarmed people in a nearby town after (falsely) predicting that a major earthquake would strike.

One step further down that path comes via the Des Moines Register which reports that a memorandum of understanding between the USDA and the Navy has been signed which promises to help it reach its greener fighting goals: Great Green Fleet to Sail by 2016 The first of those is demonstrating a so - called Green Strike Group by 2012 composed of «biofuel - powered nuclear vessels and ships,» and then, by 2016 sail it as a «Great Green Fleet» made up of nuclear ships and «surface combatants equipped with hybrid electric alternative power systems running on biofuel.»