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Global nuclear warhead stockpile appears to be growing, SIPRI warns
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], June 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The overall number of nuclear warheads in global military stockpiles appears to be increasing this year, a new finding released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday reveals.
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China has far greater nuclear capacity than thought: Top US Commander
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States has only learned in the past week that China has developed a fast breeder capacity allowing it to make far more plutonium nuclear warheads than US assessments had previously thought possible, according to a top US Commander.
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N Korea accuses UNSC of 'double standards'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 29 (ANI): The position of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on missile launches by Pyongyang is a manifestation of a policy of double standards that violates the Asian country's sovereignty and the right to self-defense, Jo Chol Su, a senior North Korean foreign m
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European, South Asian countries need to adopt a multifaceted response to c
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], January 27 (ANI): The discourse on security has shifted from 'traditional' security issues such as inter-State conflict and nuclear war to 'non-traditional' threats by non-State actors such as the Al-Qaeda, IS and Lashkar-e-Taiba. European and South Asian countrie
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Study says nuclear war might trigger big El Nino and decreased seafood
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found that a nuclear war could trigger an unprecedented El Nino-like warming episode in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This might lead to slashing algae populations by forty per cent along with lowering the fish count.
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Kazakhstan continues to push for nuclear disarmament
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], August 26 (ANI): This year the world has understandably been primarily concerned with the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. It has undoubtedly been the key priority on the international agenda and an issue that all world countries had to face. At the same
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China, Pakistan have more nuclear warheads than India: SIPRI
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): China and Pakistan have more nuclear warheads than India, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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Kim presides over key meeting to discuss 'new policies for further increas
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 24 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a meeting of Central Military Commission, wherein "important military steps and organizational and political measures to further bolster up the overall armed forces" were discussed, state media reported o
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India, Pakistan nuclear war has potential to cause global food crisis
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Germany [EUR], Mar 17 (ANI): A nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan that uses less than one per cent of the world's nuclear arsenal would have severe consequences and long-lasting impact on the global food security that will be unmatched in modern history, a research article said.
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China's growing missile arsenal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 9 (ANI): One of the martial strengths of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is its missile arsenal, which is advanced and contains a multitude of more than 40 types that can be used to carry either conventional or nuclear warheads. One key type is the DF-26 intermediate-range
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Imran Khan wants to 'talk solutions to end conflicts' with India
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], Jan 22 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his country wants peace with India by addressing all conflicts including border issues through talks.
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Imran Khan again threatens India with nuclear war over citizenship law
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again threatened New Delhi with nuclear war over the recently enacted Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which promises Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees of the neighbouring countries.
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