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EXPLAINER: Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?

North Korea’s possible decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons along its border with South Korea that could reach Seoul and U.S. forces stationed in the country in minutes could be a game changer in the standoff between Kim Jong Un and the United States

The Independent UK

Kim, N Korea military approve plans to strengthen ‘war deterrent’

Analysts say North Korean announcements could indicate plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to front lines.

Al Jazeera

Anti-nuke campaigners deliver letter to Trident base commander

A VETERAN anti-war campaigner has revealed how activists delivered a letter to the commander of the Faslane nuclear base detailing the…

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No Nukes? Ukraine-Russian War Will Shape World’s Arsenals

The headlines on the newsstands in Seoul blared fresh warnings of a possible nuclear test by North Korea. Out on the sidewalks, 28-year-old office worker Lee Jae Sang already had an opinion about how to respond to North Korea's fast-growing capacity to lob nuclear bombs across borders and oceans. "Our…

Asharq Al-Awsat

No nukes? Ukraine-Russian war will shape world's arsenals

Nuclear Russia's pillaging of non-nuclear Ukraine is rattling what's already a destabilizing moment in nuclear nonproliferation efforts

The Independent UK

This nuke-crazy general changed history

Think Michael Flynn is weird? Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove"

Salon

Australia yet to sign up to treaty banning nuclear weapons but will attend UN meeting as observer

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese committed Labor to signing the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons while in opposition

The Guardian - AU

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Nuclear proliferation ‘not in best interests of international order’, say SNP

THE SNP has stated that nuclear proliferation is “not in the best interests of rules-based international order”, in a new paper outlining what…

The National (Scotland)

Health workers pull Millennium Bridge stunt in campaign against nuclear weapons

Health workers gathered on the Millennium Bridge in support of a nuclear weapons ban

Chronicle Live

Vladimir Putin's latest move deemed 'completely unacceptable' as nuclear plan laid out

It comes after despot Vladimir Putin warned he was ready to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia's sovereignty.

Irish Mirror

Navy drill preps for chemical, nuke war

A drill aimed at preparing naval combatant forces for fighting in a war involving the use of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear weapons is being conducted.

Bangkok Post

Scottish Greens say independent Scotland should sign anti-nuclear weapon treaty

THE Scottish Greens are calling for Scotland to sign up to the United Nations’ anti-nuclear weapons treaty once it becomes independent as…

The National (Scotland)

Nuclear-armed nations spent $82.4bn on weapons in 2021

Coalition accuses nuclear-armed nations of ‘obscene’ spending and notes extensive industry lobbying.

Al Jazeera

N.Korea spent as much as $642 million on nukes in 2021, report estimates

North Korea may have spent as much as $642 million on its nuclear programme last year, according to anti-nuclear activists, as the impoverished country appears ready to test a new weapon despite battling a COVID-19 outbreak and economic crisis.

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Scotland to take a seat at international anti-nuclear weapon conference

SCOTLAND will take a seat at a table of parliamentarians from all over the world as states renew their commitments to ditch nuclear weapons.

Daily Mirror

Fears Vladimir Putin will restart USSR nuclear base to launch new atomic weapons

A referendum in Belarus in February permitted the country to host nuclear weapons once more and permanently act as a base for Russian troops with fears it will be used for Russian nukes

Daily Mirror

Russia warns Europe will ‘disappear’ in nuclear war if West gives missiles to Ukraine

One of Vladimir Putin's top political allies, Viacheslav Volodin, warned that Europe will 'cease to exist' if Ukraine is armed with nuclear weapons

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli PM Warns: Iran is Close to Nuclear Weapons Unless Stopped by the West

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that Tehran was drawing "dangerously close" to producing nuclear weapons unless the West stands up to the regime. During an interview with The Telegraph on Saturday, Bennett urged Britain to maintain pressure on Tehran's leaders, saying, "Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented…

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The Independent UK

'Worrying trend': Post-Cold War drop in nukes could be over

A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War

Al Jazeera

Global stockpile of nuclear weapons expected to rise: SIPRI

Swedish arms watchdog says nuclear arsenals set to grow in coming years, reversing a decline seen since the Cold War.

Asharq Al-Awsat

SIPRI: World Headed for New Era of Nuclear Rearmament

The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare amid Russia's war in Ukraine, researchers said Monday. The nine nuclear powers -- Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, the United States and…

The National (Scotland)

Forty years of Faslane: The anti-nuclear peace camp at Trident's door

AFTER four decades of rebellion and activism, Faslane’s peace camp is still a thriving community taking the fight against nuclear weapons to the…

Reuters

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

China has made "impressive progress" in developing new nuclear weapons, but will only use them for self-defence, and never use them first, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

US warns of ‘stark’ stakes in Taiwan Strait if status quo unilaterally altered

Defence secretary says US does not support Taiwan independence, which China says would prompt it to take island back

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's Nuclear Tactics Leave Biden with Tough Choices

A flare-up in tensions between the UN nuclear monitor and Iran this week has left US President Joe Biden in an increasingly tight jam. The US leader opened his presidency with a pledge to return to the 2015 international agreement that aimed to prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons, after…

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