Sentences with phrase «nuclear weapons programs»

Worse, reprocessing would make it easier for terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons materials, and for nations to develop nuclear weapons programs.

The waste for almost all fission reactors (with the exception of bad actors in the US, USSR, and UK nuclear weapons programs) is and was in the past almost entirely sequestered from the environment.

The bill provides strong national security investments, including increases above fiscal year 2017 for nuclear weapons programs.

Nuclear weapons programs would receive $ 13.9 billion under the bill, which House appropriators say equals a nearly $ 1 billion boost above fiscal 2017 enacted levels.

He is recognized for his commitment to obtain justice for workers whose health suffered from working in nuclear weapons programs, and for advocating scientific integrity in public policy making.

The letter continued: «Our ad reminds viewers that Kim Jong - un and his army of hackers have been stealing billions of dollars of Bitcoin and other digital currencies for the past few years, funding their rogue nuclear weapons programs and thwarting efforts by the rest of the world to sanction this behavior.»

Iraq, Syria, and Libya all had active nuclear weapons programs.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he told Kim during their secret meeting at the beginning of April that North Korea would have to agree to take «irreversible» steps toward shutting its nuclear weapons program in any deal with the United States.

The Asian country added that it would continue developing its nuclear weapon program without a delay.

In addition to firing at least 23 missiles in 2017, North Korea put the progress of its nuclear weapons program on full display, testing a miniaturized hydrogen bomb in September.

Oil prices which are near 2014 highs, surged on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented what he called evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program.

America's close ally Israel accused Iran this week of «brazenly lying» about its nuclear capabilities, and Israeli sources have said new evidence provides «proof of the very existence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.»

«Iran has a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people,» the statement initially read.

Following Israel's reveal of a massive trove of stolen documents which they say shows that Iran has lied about their nuclear ambitions, the White House put out a now - amended statement on Monday, which said Iran currently «has» a secret nuclear weapons program.

The White House brushed off a major «typo» in the statement it issued on Iran's nuclear weapons program, instead shifting the blame onto the Obama Administration for entering the deal in the first place.

That is, Pyongyang will «launch a lengthy, complicated negotiation to get agreement on actions each party must take, and use this process to buy time for the development of the North's nuclear weapons program.»

Sung - Yoon Lee of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University has doubts that North Korea is sincere about taking «meaningful action» on its nuclear weapons program.

Wright said Wednesday's test launch is an incremental step for North Korea's nuclear weapons program, but emphasized that it's important not to dismiss.

The Obama administration at the time was eager to improve relations with Iran and stall its nuclear weapons program.

Pompeo said North Korea's nuclear weapons program has developed at a «very rapid clip,» but that Kim is hoping for an arsenal of nuclear weapons — «not one, not a showpiece, not something to drive on a parade route.»

«Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons program,» he said.

These facts are consistent with what the United States has long known: Iran had a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people.

These facts are consistent with what the United States has long known: Iran had a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people,» the White House said in a statement.

There is no good reason to renege on the nuclear deal, so they are reduced to spinning dishonest tales about a nuclear weapons program that doesn't exist.

South Korea's leader said President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and bring peace to the...

The United States has been lying about Iran having a nuclear weapons program for decades, as well documented by Gareth Porter and other journalists.

US President Donald Trump was responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's revelation of material proving that Iran had a clandestine nuclear weapons program.

The letter specifically noted Trump's efforts to impose sanctions on foreign businesses and banks doing business with North Korea to get the authoritarian nation to drop its nuclear weapons program.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of hiding a nuclear weapons program Monday, causing a spike in oil prices as it reinforced...

Even though, India has been the largest trading partner of UAE and 27.15 % of UAE's immigrants are Indian, UAE had a strategic relationship with Pakistan in that they funded Pakistan's nuclear weapons program and helped Pakistan to smuggle various parts and accessories of Pakistan's nuclear industry.

Can we define a cutoff point, beyond which a nuclear weapon program is built for more than minimum deterrence?

So my question is: Do foreign policy experts or diplomats take seriously the idea of a productive dialogue between the US and North Korea, and under what kind of conditions would they be likely to suspend their nuclear weapons program?

This test follows North Korea's demands for $ 500 million to halt its missile exports, as well as threats to revive its nuclear weapons program if it does not get more money.

My question is, can we define a cut - off point or area between a «minimum deterrent» nuclear weapons program and a more offensive one?

President Trump announced that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will occur June 12 in Singapore, a high - stakes step in his bid to curb the rogue nation's nuclear weapons program.

Call me an optimist but I like to think that every single nuclear weapons program on the planet is «deterrent».

The biggest factor may be if there's a practical lower limit in size for a nuclear weapons program.

Few expect that the breakthrough will lead to a quick breakthrough in the decades - old standoff over the North's nuclear weapons program.

Four non-parties to the treaty are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons: India, Pakistan and North Korea have openly tested and declared that they possess nuclear weapons, while Israel has had a policy of opacity regarding its own nuclear weapons program.

Republican former Sen. Al D'Amato on Tuesday praised the Democrat who unseated him 1998 for opposing the the agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear weapons program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.

The Obama administration announced Monday that it had reached a deal that would halt Iran» nuclear weapons program but allow it to develop it's atomic energy program and have some sanctions lifted.

I voted against the deal in 2015 because it did nothing to prevent Iran's development of missiles, nor would it permanently end its nuclear weapons program.

«We're talking about a magnitude of six, this is the highest we've ever recorded and this is a clear indication that the nuclear weapons program with North Korea is reaching a completely different level,» Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Vienna - based organization told CNN.

In 1994, the IAEA completed its work and declared that the country had fully dismantled its nuclear weapons program.

In asserting that the explosions on 11 and 13 May provide «enough data» to continue the country's nuclear weapons program without further testing, the two government experts hope to free up the hands of politicians who want India to join the 149 countries that have agreed to the ban.

NEW DELHI, INDIA — Pakistan has removed one of its top nuclear scientists as part of a major reshuffling of the country's nuclear weapons program.

Known as a strong backer of India's nuclear establishment, Singh in 2008 staked the future of his government on passage of the landmark Indo - U.S. civilian nuclear agreement, which allows India, once ostracized over its nuclear weapons program, to buy civilian nuclear technology.

He replaces physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, a longtime adviser to India's governments and a key figure in the development of India's nuclear weapons program.

«He's part of a triumvirate of Bush appointees who are committed to making further modifications in the U.S. nuclear weapons program,» says Marylia Kelley of Tri Valley CAREs, an anti-nuclear group based in Livermore, California, noting that Obama also has retained Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the head of the U.S. Strategic Command, General Kevin Chilton.

Test after test, seismologists are improving their understanding of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.