Nuclear Weapons
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Nuclear Weapons, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 220 stories have been published about Nuclear Weapons which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Nuclear Weapons, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 220 stories have been published about Nuclear Weapons which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Europe · LondonSeven decades after Britain detonated a nuclear bomb in the Indian Ocean, troops who took part — sometimes unknowingly — in the country’s atomic weapons tests are being recognized with a medal.See the Story
Veterans of UK nuclear weapons tests win battle for medal
47% Center coverage: 21 sources
Kim Jong-Un · PyongyangNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will respond to US threats with nuclear weapons. Kim personally oversaw Pyongyang's latest launch of intercontinental ballistic missile. State media images show a beaming Kim walking in front of a giant black-and-white missile. Kim declared North Korea a "irreversible" nuclear state in September.See the Story
North Korea's Kim Vows to Respond to Nuclear Threats, Oversees Missile Test
Coverage: 20 sources
Europe · ViennaThe United Nations atomic watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution ordering Iran to cooperate urgently with the agency's investigation into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats at Thursday's closed-door vote said.
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Iran must cooperate with uranium probe, says IAEA board resolution
50% Right coverage: 10 sources
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Nuclear Weapons · FranceFrance has opened its archives to the vast majority of documents related to its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific. Almost all the installations that sheltered up to 3,000 people for 30 years have been dismantled. The defence ministry said France owed a debt to French Polynesia for having carried out nearly 200 nuclear tests between 1966 and 1996.See the Story
France opens archives related to nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific
Europe · MoscowUN watchdog Thursday said it had seen no indications of "undeclared nuclear activities" at three locations in Ukraine during visits at Kyiv's request to address "dirty bomb" allegations made by Russia. "Our technical and scientific evaluation of the results we have so far did not show any sign of undeclarednuclear activities and materials at these three locations," the International Atomic Energy Agency said.See the Story
UN inspectors find no sign of ‘dirty bomb’ in Ukraine
39% Center coverage: 34 sources
Kim Jong-Un · WashingtonU.S., South Korea condemn North Korea's escalating military flexing. North Korea has launched more than two dozen missiles over the last two days. U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began Monday have been extended. Pyongyang is shipping an undisclosed number of artillery shells to Russia.See the Story
US, South Korea threaten to 'end' Kim regime if North Korea uses nuclear weapon
54% Center coverage: 26 sources
Europe · TehranAn Iranian delegation will visit Vienna in the coming days to try to narrow differences with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said. "We will send a delegation from Iran to Vienna in the coming days to start talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and we hope to resolve remaining issues based on what we have agreed in the past days," he told a news conference.See the Story
Iran to send team to Vienna to discuss nuclear work with IAEA
46% Right coverage: 13 sources
Europe · MoscowSenior Russian military leaders recently had conversations to discuss when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, the New York Times reports. The conversations alarmed the Biden administration because they showed how frustrated Moscow had become over its battlefield setbacks. But U.S. officials said they had seen no evidence that the Russians were moving nuclear weapons into place or taking other tactical measures to prepare for a strike. The Pentagon estimates that Russia has a stockpile of as many as 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons.See the Story
Russian Military Leaders Discussed Use of Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Officials Say
46% Left coverage: 37 sources
Europe · LondonBoris Johnson says he does not think Vladimir Putin will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his war in Ukraine. There have been suggestions that the Russian president could carry out such a military strike as his forces continue to lose territory. Mr Johnson said using a nuclear weapon would mean Mr Putin "would immediately tender Russia's resignation from the club of civilised nations" He also said it was "absolutely inevitable" that the Ukrainians will eventually win the war.See the Story
Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin 'would be crazy' to use tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine
50% Center coverage: 4 sources
Europe · WashingtonPresident Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s frequent references to nuclear weapons “very dangerous,” hours after Putin claimed he had no intention of using such a weapon. “If he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it?” Biden told Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson in an exclusive interview. “Why does he talk about the ability to use a tactical nuclear weapon? He’s been very dangerous in how he’s approached this. He can end this all, get out of Ukraine.”See the Story
Biden: If Putin has no intent to use nuclear weapons, ‘why does he keep talking about it?’
67% Center coverage: 18 sources
Europe · WashingtonThe Biden administration is seeking to scrap the U.S. military’s development of nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles, despite recommendations to the contrary from top officials, according to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy released Thursday.See the Story
Biden moves to scrap Trump-era sea-launched nuclear missile program
63% Right coverage: 8 sources
