Post Tagged with: "proliferation"
NKorea warns of attack after SKorea joins drill
SEOUL: North Korea Wednesday blasted South Korea’s decision to join a US-led anti-proliferation exercise as tantamount to a declaration of war, and threatened an attack if any of its ships are stopped. The communist state’s powerful military declared it is no longer bound by the armistice which ended the 1950-53 war on the peninsula. The [...]
Renewed US Leadership on Nuclear Arms Reduction
WASHINGTON: A report released in Washington on Wednesday recommends strengthened U.S. leadership in global efforts to prevent further nuclear weapons proliferation. However, the Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States says new threats, including potential nuclear terrorism, require a credible deterrent capability. Created by Congress two years ago to re-evaluate America’s long-term strategic [...]
Australia, US to lay path for nuclear disarmament
WASHINGTON: The United States holds high-level security talks with Australia on Thursday as the longtime allies find a new convergence of views on the need to abolish nuclear weapons. Afghanistan and North Korea’s long-range missile test will also figure high on the agenda for the full-day annual meeting, which brings together the two countries’ foreign [...]


