Nuclear Weapons
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India completes nuclear triad as INS Arihant finishes first deterrence patrol; PM Modi congratulates crew
India | Nov 05, 2018, 03:45 PM ISTThe 6,000-tonne INS Arihant completes India's nuclear triad by adding maritime strike capability to land- and air-based delivery platforms.
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UN chief expresses full support for US-Japan dialogue with North Korea
World | Aug 09, 2018, 02:02 PM ISTThe UN extended its full support for the Japanese initiative of dialogue with North Korea. In June, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a historic summit in Singapore, signing a joint statement which included a pledge to end Democratic People Republic Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
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Donald Trump wants Kim Jong Un to give up nuclear weapons
Aaj Ka Viral | Jun 07, 2018, 11:57 AM ISTPresident Donald Trump sought to preserve an upcoming summit with North Korea, assuring leader Kim Jong Un that he would retain power if he relinquished North Korea’s nuclear weapons and would not face attempts at regime change.
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US willing to help North Korea if it agrees to complete denuclearisation: Mike Pompeo
World | May 12, 2018, 08:26 AM ISTUntil an agreement is reached, Washington plans on maintaining pressure through sanctions, which have made it harder for North Korea to trade with China, its main ally.
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Will give up nukes if US vows not to attack North Korea: Kim Jong Un
World | Apr 30, 2018, 06:51 AM ISTUS national security adviser John Bolton reacted coolly to word that Kim would abandon his weapons if the United States pledged not to invade.
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North Korea ready to have 'heart-to-heart' talks with US, agrees to stop nuclear weapons and missile tests: South Korea
World | Mar 06, 2018, 05:52 PM ISTThe comments were made after South Korean officials returned from a visit to the North, where they met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Pakistan developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones: US
World | Feb 14, 2018, 06:43 AM ISTPakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America's intelligence chief warned today.
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Pakistan’s weapons programme surest route to nuclear-level war: US think tank
World | Nov 26, 2017, 04:26 PM ISTIn its report ‘Asia in the Second Nuclear Age’, the Atlantic Council, however, said Pakistan does not appear to have operationalised its tactical nuclear-warfare plans yet.
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Pakistan constructed numerous tunnels to store its nuclear weapons, US satellites detected
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Only ground invasion can secure all North Korea's nukes with certainty: US lawmakers told
World | Nov 05, 2017, 01:55 PM ISTPentagon has told US lawmakers that only way to locate and destroy with complete certainty all components of North Korea's nuclear weapons program is through a ground invasion.
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Geneva-based anti-nuclear weapons group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
World | Oct 06, 2017, 05:01 PM ISTThe Norwegian committee that chooses the Nobel Peace Prize winner sorted through more than 300 nominations for this year’s award.
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Pakistan developed short-range nuclear weapons to counter ‘cold start’ doctrine of India: Pak PM
World | Sep 21, 2017, 08:06 PM ISTAbbasi further said that Pakistan has a very robust and very secure command-and-control system over its strategic nuclear assets which has been proved by time.
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Our short-range nuclear weapons will take on India’s ‘Cold Start’ doctrine, says Pak PM
World | Sep 21, 2017, 08:38 AM ISTPakistan’s interim Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Wednesday that his country has developed short-range nuclear weapons which will counter the ‘Cold Start’ doctrine adopted by the Indian Army
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UN sanctions, pressure will accelerate nuclear programme, threatens North Korea
World | Sep 18, 2017, 09:41 PM IST"The increased moves of the US and its vassal forces to impose sanctions and pressure on the DPRK will only increase our pace towards the ultimate completion of the state nuclear force," North Korea's foreign ministry said
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North Korea fires another missile over Japan, UNSC convenes emergency meeting
World | Sep 15, 2017, 07:29 AM ISTNorth Korea has fired an unidentified missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean, Seoul and Tokyo have said
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Sanctions cannot deter us, says a defiant North Korea; accuses US of escalating nuclear threat
India | Sep 06, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTThe US is terribly mistaken if it thinks it can frighten or persuade Pyongyang by talking about 'all options' on the table and imposing the toughest sanctions and pressure, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement
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N Korean threat will be met with ‘massive military response’, says US; India condemns nuclear test
World | Sep 04, 2017, 07:11 AM ISTUS Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea’s claimed test of a hydrogen bomb with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a “massive military response — a response both effective and overwhel
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US worried over possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling in hands of terrorists
World | Aug 25, 2017, 11:20 AM ISTA senior Trump administration official said that during a compressive review, one of the major issues that continually came up for discussion and is very important to the US was the nuclear danger in the region.
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North Korea dismisses Trump's 'fire and fury' warning, threatens to launch missiles toward Guam
World | Aug 10, 2017, 10:25 AM ISTNorth Korea today officially dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury," declaring the American leader "bereft of reason" and warning ominously, "only absolute force can work on him."
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UN adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons, India skips talks
World | Jul 08, 2017, 03:56 PM ISTIndia and other nuclear-armed nations - the United States, Russia, Britain, China, France, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel had not participated in the negotiations.