nuclear arms

FILE PHOTO: A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
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The global nuclear arsenal grew last year, SIPRI says

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia May 23, 2022. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Politics

Belarus' Lukashenko says Russian nuclear arms needed to deter threats from West

Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Photo: Reuters
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No compromise: Pak minister on nuclear programme amid economic crisis

The atomic symbol and the Iranian flag are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Middle East

Israel: 'all possible means on the table' to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapon

A general view shows a drill by North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) artillery units on the front in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 2, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS
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N Korea's Kim orders 'exponential' expansion of nuke arsenal

FILE PHOTO: A frame taken from a Russian television broadcast on December 31 shows a set of briefcases which contain the codes to launch Russia's armoury of nuclear missiles. Russian President Boris Yeltsin stunnned his own people and the world when he resigned on Friday and handed over his duties, including the briefcase, [to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during thier meeting in the Kremlin./File Photo
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What is Russia's policy on tactical nuclear weapons

Service members of pro-Russian troops drive tanks in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Europe

Russia should use low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine, Kadyrov says

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS
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Putin says no one can win a nuclear war

Michael Auslin. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Learning to think nuclearly again

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe attends the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, June 2, 2019. REUTERS
China

Chinese defence minister says country's nuclear arsenal 'for self-defence'

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N Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting in S Korea

A Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is test-launched by the Russian military at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image taken from a video released on April 20, 2022. Reuters.
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US sees no threat of Russia using nuclear weapons despite rhetoric- official

Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Russia warns of Baltic nuclear deployment if NATO admits Sweden and Finland