Sentences with phrase «nuclear weapon programme»

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Kim Jong - un must dismantle his entire nuclear weapons programme before the US makes any concessions to North Korea, John Bolton, President Trump's...

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When responding to a question on Iran's nuclear weapons programme he said «we should blow them up first».

Prime Minister Clement Attlee authorised a British nuclear weapons programme in 1947, two years after the USA dropped its first atomic bombs on Japan.

He also wants to scrap Britain's nuclear weapons programme, and tuition fees in England.

The US has imposed sanctions on a dozen Russian and Chinese companies and individuals it accuses of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

At a secret meeting in January 1947, Attlee and six cabinet ministers, including Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, decided to proceed with the development of Britain's nuclear weapons programme, [34] in opposition to the pacifist and anti-nuclear stances of a large element inside the Labour Party.

Meanwhile Livingstone, who is a strong opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons programme, is a co-convenor of Labour's wider International Policy Commission, working alongside Hilary Benn.

He cites the UN's investigation of Iraq's nuclear weapons programme after the Gulf War, which showed that the programme used a variety of technologies which were supposedly imported for civilian purposes.

The US used to generate the isotope as a by - product of cold - war nuclear weapons programmes.

Most of this material went into nuclear weapons programmes, mostly in Russia and the US.

Analysts who are sifting through documents recovered from Iraq's nuclear weapons programme have concluded that scientists working on the programme «took Saddam Hussein for a ride».

«Atomgrad», the once - secret city in the Urals which produced plutonium for the Soviet nuclear weapons programme, has become the first city in Russia to launch its own currency, the «augram».

About 500 lost their jobs in the CSIR in 1989 and, since 1990, as South Africa wound down its nuclear weapons programme, 5400 have been made redundant from the AEC.

DURING the Cold War, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State was home to much of the plutonium industry that supplied the US nuclear weapons programme.

In 1990, de Klerk gave orders to end South Africa's nuclear weapons programme; the process of nuclear disarmament was essentially completed in 1991.

Not exact matches

Under that 2015 deal, Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear programme to satisfy world powers that it would not be used to develop weapons.

Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

The greatest nuclear fear today is that nuclear weapons find their way into the hands of terrorists or «rogue states», either through autonomous programmes of development or technology passed on, particularly from the former Soviet Union or China.

Additionally, international pressure has been mounting on the Middle Eastern state over its decision to re-start its nuclear programme - although Iran claims all uranium enrichment activities are aimed at nuclear power and not weapons.

«Over 100 military and defence experts, backed by the Obama administration, are calling for a new global programme to eliminate nuclear weapons,» Mr Sauven added.

In December 2008 BBC Radio 4 made a programme titled The Human Button, providing new information on the manner in which the United Kingdom could launch its nuclear weapons, particularly relating to safeguards against a rogue launch.

The other two - thirds of the firm are held by American defence firm Lockheed Martin and the British company Serco, meaning that the state no longer owns the programme which produces and maintains the country's nuclear weapons.

It could be the end of a five - year - long struggle for the Iranian scientist, who has said all along that he was punished for refusing to help a covert nuclear - weapon programme.

Typically, this process would take many years and several tests, although the collaboration with American weapon designers has helped to speed up Britain's programme in comparison with, say, the French (who carry out more nuclear tests per warhead design than the other nuclear weapons state).