Tag: Nuclear

Ukraine Says Nuclear Plant Again Cut Off From Grid After Russian Shelling

KYIV—Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was operating on back-up diesel generators on Thursday after being disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid by Russian shelling, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company said. Energoatom said the last remaining high voltage lines connecting the plant to the Ukrainian grid had been damaged in Wednesday’s shelling, and that Moscow…


Russia Warns That World’s 5 Nuclear Powers Are on Brink of ‘Direct Armed Conflict’

Russia’s foreign ministry said it fears that the world’s five declared nuclear powers are “on the brink of a direct armed conflict,” with Moscow warning of a catastrophic fallout and insisting that avoiding a clash is its top priority. The Kremlin statement, issued on Nov. 2, accused Western powers of “encouraging provocations with weapons of…


Russia Warns That the World’s 5 Nuclear Powers Are on Brink of ‘Direct Armed Conflict’

Russia’s foreign ministry said it fears that the world’s five declared nuclear powers are “on the brink of a direct armed conflict,” with Moscow warning of a catastrophic fallout and insisting that avoiding a clash is its top priority. The Kremlin statement, issued on Nov. 2, accused Western powers of “encouraging provocations with weapons of…


China Refusing Talks With US About Nuclear Expansion: Pentagon Official

China’s communist leadership is uninterested in reducing the risk posed by nuclear weapons, according to senior U.S. officials. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to refuse to engage in nuclear nonproliferation and strategic stability talks, despite an announcement last year that the regime would cooperate with the United States on the issue, according to Deputy…


China Expanding Nuclear Arsenal to Threaten US: New Defense Strategy

Communist China is developing its nuclear forces to threaten the United States and shield its authoritarian ambitions, according to the Biden administration’s newly published National Defense Strategy. The new National Defense Strategy (pdf) released Oct. 27, highlights China’s communist regime as “the most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security,” and directs political and…


Pentagon: US to End Sea-Launched Nuclear Missile Program

The United States will stop developing nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missiles, according to new documents released by the Department of Defense (DOD). The documents (pdf), released Thursday, stated that the United States will “retire the B83-1 gravity bomb,” and will “cancel the nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) program.” During a news conference, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…


Pentagon: US to Scrap Sea-Launched Nuclear Missile Program

The United States will stop developing nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missiles, according to new documents released by the Department of Defense. The documents (pdf), released on Oct. 27, stated that the United States will “retire the B83-1 gravity bomb,” and will “cancel the nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) program.” During a news conference, Defense Secretary Lloyd…


Seoul Says Allies Agree ‘Unparalleled’ Response Needed to a North Korea Nuclear Test

TOKYO—South Korea said on in Wednesday it had agreed with the United States and Japan that a resumption of nuclear testing by North Korea would have to be met with an “unparalleled” response. Washington and its allies believe North Korea could be about to resume nuclear bomb testing for the first time since 2017, but…


North Korea to Face ‘Unparalleled’ Response If It Launches Another Nuclear Missile Test: Official

A senior South Korean official said on Wednesday that an agreement was reached with allies Japan and the United States to mount an “unparalleled” response if North Korea conducts a seventh test of a nuclear weapon. The warning to North Korea was issued by South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, who made the…


North Korea to Face ‘Unparalleled’ Response If It Conducts Another Nuclear Test: Official

A senior South Korean official said on Oct. 26 that an agreement was reached with allies Japan and the United States to mount an “unparalleled” response if North Korea conducts a seventh test of a nuclear weapon. The warning to North Korea was issued by South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, who made…