Sentences with phrase «nuclear weapon strike»

Just last year, officials discussed the impact a nuclear weapon strike would have on MacDill and the surrounding area, noting that a strike was highly improbable (though the focus, at the time, was on North Korea).

Not exact matches

Tillerson said the U.S. is engaged in a very active diplomatic effort to halt Kim's pursuit of a nuclear weapon that could strike the U.S. mainland.

Formal talks on North Korea's nuclear program collapsed in 2009, and Kim has accelerated his efforts to obtain the ability to strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

Trump's administration has threatened military action if necessary to stop North Korea from obtaining an intercontinental ballistic missile that can strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

SEOUL (Reuters)- North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were «an unforgivable act of aggression» that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was «the right choice a million times over.»

«We must stop a situation where North Korea miscalculates and threatens us with nuclear weapons or where the United States considers a pre-emptive strike.»

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.

I say we strike while we have most of the world's nuclear weapons and they do not.

Over the past year, Pyongyang has made big advances in being able to strike the US with a nuclear weapon.

The most striking instance is the small group of military men who control nuclear weapons.

Neither can Russian responsibilities be ignored, since their nuclear weapons are ready to strike any part of the Korean peninsula.

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).

No first strike means a commitment not to use nuclear weapons unless they are used on you.

Metaphor is like the nuclear weapon of communication, bypassing rational scrutiny, striking deep into people's subconscious.

Maybe you have a different definition of «friend» than I do, but mine does include a general interest in my friends not being struck with nuclear weapons.

But if Russia were to use nuclear weapons against NATO troops then there would be many countries who would be willing at that point to use them against Russia in retaliatory strikes.

«It is perfectly legitimate for the United States to respond to the current «necessity» posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons by striking first,» he argued in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece last month.

The US wouldn't use a nuclear weapon to destroy a bioweapon site in a first strike, they would (by declared policy of decades) use one to retaliate once that bioweapon has been used against them.

Having a stockpile of a wide variety of nuclear weapons gives a state a much wider range of option not only if but how they want to perform a nuclear strike.

The idea is that you need many weapons to ensure that enough of them survive a nuclear «first strike» to launch a «second strike» and obliterate your enemy.

Jeremy Corbyn said his views are well known on nuclear weapons in response to criticism that he had «undermined» party policy by saying he would never launch a nuclear strike if he was prime minister.

«A U.S. strike on Iran would be costly, causing significant loss of American life, likely lead to attacks and loss of life in Israel, yet would only postpone Iran's nuclear weapons development by a few years,» her office wrote.

The U.S. has enough nukes in enough locations — including, crucially, our roving, nuclear - armed submarines — that nuclear strategists now agree it would not be possible to take out all of the nation's weapons with a first strike.

But even the No - dong could strike cities in South Korea and Japan, and some security analysts believe that North Korea has the capability to fit one with a nuclear weapon.

But during the conference, Remo was struck by a realization already familiar to attendees more experienced in the subject: When you're talking about deflection, nothing can match the energy density of nuclear weapons.

«It strikes a responsible balance between the modernization and safety of our nuclear weapons, advancing our national infrastructure, and strategic investments in basic science and energy R&D.»

His latest version of the warning is couched in terms of what happens to the derivatives market if there's a nuclear strike or major biological weapons attack.

In fact, one can hardly imagine a more all - encompassing provision to include the option of anticipatory strike than the one envisaging the «employment of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States, its allies, and partners» (p 21), as laid down in the NPR.

By including yet another option to respond by nuclear strike to conventional weapons development, the document waters down previous attempts to limit the scenarios giving rise for such an option to the potential nuclear threats only.

«That would risk striking after the North has deliverable nuclear weapons, a much more dangerous situation.»