Sentences with phrase «developing weapons capability»

A 2009 U.S. State Department diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks described then - prime ministerial candidate Netanyahu informing a visiting Congressional delegation that Iran was «probably one or two years away» from developing weapons capability.

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'' (North Korea) has been expanding its nuclear capabilities and developing the technology to create nuclear weapons.

Perhaps one of the most shocking conspiracy theories that turned out to be true was a CIA program called MKUltra, which had the stated goal of developing biological and chemical weapons capability during the Cold War, according to Gizmodo.

«Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease - fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction program, and refusing to permit monitoring and verification by United Nations inspections; Whereas Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological capabilities, and has made positive progress toward developing nuclear weapons capabilities» — From a joint resolution submitted by Tom Harkin and Arlen Specter on July 18, 2002

In other words, unless policymakers have a better understanding of the costs of creating a cyber weapon, they won't be able to know whether the Islamic State has the capability to develop and deploy one.

In the movie, a German scientist explains that once a country develops such a formidable weapon, it must immediately let the world know that it possesses such capability; otherwise, the weapon's deterrent power is null.

President Obama has vowed to veto any measure opposing the Iran agreement, which would lift economic sanctions in return for prohibiting the country from developing nuclear weapon capabilities.

In 1993, the then president Frederik Willem de Klerk openly admitted that the country had developed a limited nuclear weapon capability.

«I will continue working with my colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee to ensure our military has the capabilities they need to address any threats posed by this rogue regime, and to ensure that the administration is pursuing a strategy to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.»

The numerical capability developed in computers in World War II remains valuable today for such tasks as nuclear weapons simulations.

This edition focuses on how PNNL draws upon its broad scientific capabilities to develop technologies and tools to protect the nation from threats of weapons of mass destruction, terrorists and cyber-attacks.

This site offers extensive treatment of both the years developing this capability and the use of atomic weapons in warfare.

Some nations claimed to be developing nuclear energy capabilities when they were in fact attempting to develop a weapon, 36 but these claims were transparently false to virtually all observers.

If Mr. Obnosov is claiming the US has autonomous missiles with capabilities that would take Russian weapon - makers years to develop, he's making a bold claim.