Sentences with phrase «nuclear weapons attack»

A decentralized communications network was supposed to have better odds of surviving a massive nuclear weapons attack.

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But that story is about what to do after a nuclear weapon blows up by surprise, such as in a terrorist attack — the goal is to limit exposure to radioactive fallout that arrives minutes after a detonation.

On Monday, North Korea issued a stark warning to the US: If you attack us, we will retaliate with nuclear weapons.

North Korea continues to demand that the U.S. remove nuclear weapon - capable aircraft from South Korea, offer a security guarantee that it will not attack North Korea or undermine its government, replace the current Korean Armistice Agreement with a peace accord, and establish formal diplomatic relations.

While the attack Thursday was the first of its kind by the US, Lowther said the bomb was «not even close to being a nuclear weapon» and he would «not make the argument that it's a symbol of escalation» in the conflict in Afghanistan.

I do believe that our nuclear weapons are safer today, but are they completely invulnerable to cyber attack?

Those prerequisites include terminating America's military presence in South Korea as well as ending the U.S. regional nuclear umbrella, a security arrangement in which Washington promises in - kind retaliation on behalf of close allies if they are attacked with nuclear weapons.

The B61 is America's primary tactical nuclear weapon that can be carried by just about all of the US military's attack aircraft, from Marine Corps AV - 8B Harriers to the Air Force's B - 2 Spirit bombers.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his South Korean counterpart at their historic summit that he would be willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the U.S. commits to a formal end to the Korean War and a pledge not to attack the North, Seoul...

William, In the words of david berlinski: «Just who has imposed on the suffering human race poison gas, barbed wire, high explosives, experiments in eugenics, the formula for Zyklon B, heavy artillery, pseudo-scientific justifications for mass murder, cluster bombs, attack submarines, napalm, intercontinental ballistic missiles, military space platforms, and nuclear weapons?

The fear of nuclear annihilation, under which many live, can be attacked by efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

his book Religion in the Secular City, «In our day while the fundamentalists attack all that is wrong with the modern soul, they almost never mention the advent of nuclear weapons with their capacity to end human life on the globe.

The army and navy in all honesty we did not know he held a 3rd dan black belt in sho rea, he had been trained in air born and air assault and nuclear weapons and their security on trident submarines so when somebody attacked him or use a weapon to intimidate him he considered only one option, deadly force had just been authorized.

Based on America's reluctance to use nuclear weapons, and America's desire not to risk American cities, Kim may believe he can attack a neighbor, perhaps even with a nuclear weapon, without fear of a nuclear response from America so long as he maintains the ability to threaten America directly but doesn't actually attack America.

For Israel, possessing nuclear weapons is not aimed simply at deterring an attack, but rather at avoiding its destruction.

After all, even according to Waltz's own theory, Israel would never use its nuclear weapons against Iran even if Hezbollah or any of Iran's other allies repeatedly attacked it.

1Technically the preemptive attack would not need to end with the occupation of the country; war is justified until it is clear that the threat that started it has been removed (vg nuclear weapons surrendered and facilities dismantled).

The US is far more likely to attack a nuclear North Korea than one with conventional weapons — it changes North Korea into a danger to US citizens.

There is exactly one country that has ever used nuclear weapons to attack.

The two leaders have dicey issues to discuss, including: the new US trade tariffs on steel and aluminum from which France wants to be exempt; whether Trump will recertify the Iran nuclear deal that France wants to preserve; and forging a path forward in Syria to defeat ISIS and prevent chemical weapons attacks.

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

One could also argue that the US would try to avoid using nuclear weapons against North Korea in the case of a retaliation attack in order to prevent larger tensions with Beijing and more risks to South Korea.

The strategic purpose of nuclear weapons is, instead, to act as deterrent, i.e. to dissuade an opponent from attacking.

The United States has a two - man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack).

It has also been claimed that the only truly sovereign states are those that control their own currency, borders, and nuclear weapons (capable of being delivered against any power that might attack the state).

Neil Kinnock attacked Jeremy Corbyn for being «stubborn» for opposing nuclear weapons.

Even if Britain were to come under nuclear attack itself, only 55 % would support using nuclear weapons in response.

The Labour leader, who says his support for unilateral disarmament is one of his defining political beliefs, responded to the row by pointing out that US nuclear weapons did not prevent the 9/11 terror attacks.

«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.

Shadow defence secretary and frontbench colleagues attack Labour leader for saying he would never use nuclear weapons if prime minister

She was widely attacked for comparing the Trident nuclear weapons system to Second World War Spitfires.

Nuclear weapons and strategic policy attract increasing public concern, but systems for command, control, communications and intelligence may be just as important in deterring nuclear attack and preventing escNuclear weapons and strategic policy attract increasing public concern, but systems for command, control, communications and intelligence may be just as important in deterring nuclear attack and preventing escnuclear attack and preventing escalation

Packed with too many stars to mention, Jack Ryan, played by Alec Baldwin, finds himself on the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Dallas trying to convince its Captain, Bart Mancuso, that a Soviet submarine they are chasing is actually looking to defect, not to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons as the Soviets claim.

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.

After the World War II bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, the threat of foreign attack on U.S. soil shifted from naval assault to air attack, particularly by aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.

The 74 - page report assesses nuclear power's key problems and offers recommendations to strengthen nuclear plant safety, better protect facilities against sabotage and attack, ensure the safe disposal of nuclear waste, and minimize the risk that nuclear power will help more nations and terrorists acquire nuclear weapons.

Who cares about 8 % unemployment, the flatlined economy, abandoning Americans to die in Bengahzi, Joe Biden's buffonery, fast & furious, national debt, USA credit downgrade, trillion dollar annual budget deficits, deliberate sabotage of the coal industry, ACORN, failed foreign policy (Iran with nuclear weapons, bowing to China, stiffing U.K and Israel, etc) abysmal people judgement (Biden again, plus H. Clinton, T, Geithner; K. Sebelius; E. Holder, etc), stopping the pipeline for Canadian oil, blocking drilling in US land, secret «kill lists», ObamaCare, attacking religious liberty, you didn't build that, unseemly chest - pounding over bin Laden (GM is dying but bin Laden is coming back to life), 20 years of Jeremiah Wright, failure of crony capitalism deals with Solyndra - NextEra — Ener1 — Solar Trust etc., over 100 rounds of golf in 1st 3 yrs, choom, the Chevy Volt, insisting the Ft Hood massacre was «workplace violence», secret college transcripts, «clearly the Boston police acted stupidly», disregard of the Simpson - Bowles budget recommendations (after commissioning their work), and lots more irrelevant stuff.

The IAEA has categorized four potential nuclear security threats (or, more accurately, nuclear security risks): the acquisition of nuclear weapons by theft; the creation of nuclear explosive devices using stolen nuclear materials; the use of radioactive sources in radiological dispersal devices (RDDs); and the radiological hazards caused by an attack on, or sabotage of, a facility or a transport vehicle.

Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed alarm that the Heads of State cast a role for nuclear power in Europe's energy future, without offering solutions to its unsolved problems: how to treat and store waste for thousands of years, the risk of serious accidents, the proliferation of nuclear weapon material and how to secure nuclear plants against terrorist attacks.

For example, most travel insurance plans specifically exclude any coverage for sickness, injuries, or other losses due to war, attacks using weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical, biological or other warfare — regardless of who commits the act or whether war has been declared or not.

Still, while the Obama version envisaged biological and chemical weapons development as additional scenarios to trigger nuclear response to non-nuclear threat, Trump's NPR reserves a much broader room for action by referring to «the evolution and proliferation of non-nuclear strategic attack technologies» (p 21).

The employment of tactical nuclear weapons, which allow for the precise targeting, could be justified as a measure to halt the imminent attack, which, if occurring, would require much more destructive a response.