Russian Foreign Ministry: the fact that the West does not recognize the unacceptability of nuclear war raises suspicions whether they are planning limited nuclear wars
3 week agoPRC Ministry of National Defense on Thursday announced it has successfully conducted a ground-based midcourse anti missile interception technology test
"Any assessment like that would be necessarily classified," replies @statedeptspox on the official US estimate on how quickly Iran could ramp up enrichment of uranium to nuclear bomb-fuel purity. "Iran is closer. That breakout time is shorter"
4 week ago"Extending the New START Treaty ensures we have verifiable limits on Russian ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers until February 5, 2026," says @SecBlinken
4 week ago[email protected] welcomes officials extension of NewSTART. "NATO Allies believe the New START Treaty contributes to international stability"
[email protected] announces that the US has extended a key nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for 5 years, says "extending the New START Treaty makes the United States, US allies and partners, and the world safer. An unconstrained nuclear competition would endanger us all
Top U.S. nuclear commander: "There is a real possibility that a regional crisis with Russia or China could escalate quickly to a conflict involving nuclear weapons," Adm. Richard warns "nuclear employment is a very real possibility"
1 month agoExecutive order signed by @POTUS "enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform"
The refusal of the United States to fix the renunciation of nuclear war in its doctrines speaks volumes and determines a lot, Lavrov said.
European Union: Iran's decision to raise uranium enrichment has dire consequences
European Union: Iran must be prevented from acquiring a nuclear weapon
An Iranian government spokesman says Tehran has begun enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility. The state-run IRNA news agency said that President Hassan Rouhani had given the order for the move at the Fordo facility
Russia's top officer reminds U.S. The START Treaty expires on February 5th. "After that date, neither Russia nor the United States will have any restrictions" on the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy, Gen. Valery Gerasimov warns in Christmas Eve message
Russia plans to put the first RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBM into service in 2022, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Gen. Sergei Karakayev announced.
Russia considers it extremely important to confirm the inadmissibility of nuclear war - Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov
The Israel Defense Forces have in recent weeks been instructed to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. will conduct a military strike against Iran before President Trump leaves office, senior Israeli officials tell @BarakRavid
U.K. to create new space command and artificial intelligence agency
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce an extra £16.5 billion in defence spending in the biggest investment since the Cold War- Sky News
It is necessary to work on the survivability of the control system of nuclear forces even in the event of a nuclear strike - Putin
Acting head of the UN mission to Libya Stephanie Williams: The two parties of the "5 + 5" joint committee agreed on the withdrawal of all mercenaries within 90 days of agreeing to a ceasefire
Secretary of State Pompeo says only about half of Russia's nuclear arsenal is covered by New START, but "restricts" 92% of U.S. military's nuclear warheads
We see no prospects for extending the START treaty - Lavrov
A road block emerges as Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister denies Russia has reached any agreement with the US to extend the New START treaty: "The US position in favor of putting a freeze [on the nuclear arsenal] has long been known to us, it is unacceptable to us
North Korean amb. to U.N. says only "absolute strength to prevent war" can safeguard peace
Trump: We have the most powerful army in the world
Guterres: "We are moving in a very dangerous direction. Our world cannot afford a future where the two largest economies split the globe in a Great Fracture, each with its own trade and financial rules and internet and artificial intelligence capacities
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5 month agoDefense Secretary Esper says China and Russia have turned space into a "war fighting domain" & it is no longer a "peaceful arena." "They have weaponized space through killer satellites
Adm. Richard: "I get apprehensive that we are not fully conscious as a nation of the threats that we face. China has the capability, and we can get into the specifics, to directly threaten our homeland from a ballistic-missile submarine. That's a pretty watershed moment
Army's top officer says Pentagon brass only recommends sending troops to war as a "last resort"
