Sentences with phrase «function of nuclear weapons»

The real function of nuclear weapons today is political.

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If the nuclear capacity of Iran is not destroyed before functioning nuclear weapons are in their silos or other weapons platforms, the whole world will experience blackmail.

In the first instance, based on the assumption that the UK is still a functioning state, the chief of the defence staff recommends to the prime minister that nuclear weapons should be launched from a Vanguard - class submarine, one of which is always on patrol.

«My desire is to lead this agency in a thoughtful manner, surrounding myself with expertise on the core functions of this department,» he said, promising to «protect and modernize» the nation's nuclear - weapons arsenal.

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.