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- Which Countries Have Nuclear Weapons and How Big Their Arsenals Are http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/23/world/nuclear-weapon-countries.html 22 comments
- South Korean media call for country to build its own nuclear weapons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/04/south-korean-media-calls-country-build-own-nuclear-weapons 279 comments worldnews
- Will more countries want nuclear weapons after the war in Ukraine? https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/06/01/will-more-countries-want-nuclear-weapons-after-the-war-in-ukraine/ 25 comments military
- If a country attacks opponent's civilian nuclear power facilities through conventional weapons, will that be considered a nuclear attack? https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/8v9eec/if_a_country_attacks_opponents_civilian_nuclear/ 14 comments geopolitics
- 51 countries sign UN treaty banning nuclear weapons https://globalnews.ca/news/3758556/united-nations-nuclear-weapons-treaty/ 433 comments worldnews
- Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter says a U.S. preemptive strike against North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program could prompt the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, to try to invade South Korea. http://abcnews.go.com/politics/ash-carter-us-pre-emptive-strike-north-korea/story?id=46512192 4 comments worldnews
- U.S. urges countries to withdraw from U.N. treaty that would ban nuclear weapons https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-urges-countries-to-withdraw-from-u-n-treaty-that-would-ban-nuclear-weapons 59 comments politics
- North Korea has no intention of using nuclear weapons against any country 'except the US' http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/north-korea-has-no-intention-of-using-nuclear-weapons-against-any-country-except-the-us-36007264.html 48 comments worldnews
- New polls in S. Korea show 70% support the country developing its own nuclear weapons. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/11/south-korea-thinks-nuclear/1979051/ 41 comments worldnews
- UN panel releases draft treaty banning possession and use of nuclear weapons for all countries. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/un-panel-releases-draft-treaty-banning-possession-and-use-of-nuclear-weapons 5 comments worldnews
- Possibility of North Korea shipping Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles to Countries such as Yemen, Syria and Iran? https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/94l71e/possibility_of_north_korea_shipping_nuclear/ 4 comments geopolitics
- North Korea Promises to Use Nuclear Weapons Against Any Country That Attacks Kim Jong-un https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a41172003/north-korea-nuclear-strike-if-attacked/ 178 comments worldnews
- Japan may allow the United States to bring nuclear weapons into the country in an emergency that threatens the safety of Japanese citizens. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140214p2g00m0dm094000c.html 13 comments worldnews
- North Korea's parliament has endorsed plans to give nuclear weapons greater prominence in the country's defences. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21995224 4 comments worldevents
- Rouhani: Iran will never seek to build nuclear weapons - In interview with NBC, new president insists his country has no intention of developing weapons of mass destruction http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/19/iran-nuclear-weapons-rouhani 12 comments worldnews
- Iran's Supreme Leader said Saturday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, but that no world power could stop Tehran's access to an atomic bomb if it intended to build one. http://www.globalnews.ca/world/top+iranian+leader+says+no+power+could+stop+iran+from+having+nuclear+bomb/6442810628/story.html 3 comments worldnews
- US Administration fears “the nightmare scenario” in Pakistan: Political meltdown in the one country where Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and nuclear weapons are all in play. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/world/asia/21musharraf.html?ex=1350619200&en=1071086274d97f40&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 4 comments politics
- France offers to expand its nuclear weapons to officially defend EU territory, being the sole EU country with nuclear capabilities since Brexit https://www.thelocal.fr/20200207/macron-to-lay-out-frances-plans-for-its-nuclear-weapons 40 comments europe
- Mikhail Gorbachev warns that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in "colossal danger" calls for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gorbachev-russia-us-weapons/2019/11/03/id/939989/ 843 comments worldnews
- Mikhail Gorbachev warns that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in "colossal danger" calls for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-50265870/mikhail-gorbachev-tells-the-bbc-world-in-colossal-danger 502 comments europe
- Mikhail Gorbachev warns that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in "colossal danger" calls for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-50265870/mikhail-gorbachev-tells-the-bbc-world-in-colossal-danger 20 comments worldevents
- Why the US Government links production of enriched Uranium/Plutonium to the intent to produce nuclear weapons - the Nth Country Experiment http://nuclearsecrecy.com/blog/2012/01/04/weekly-document-8-reexamining-the-the-nth-country-experiment-1967/ 3 comments history
- John Bolton on the The Daily Show: "I only want one country to have nuclear weapons..." Probs for honesty, but fuck him and his think tank. (video) http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-29-2009/john-bolton 17 comments politics
- Kim Jong-un says there will be ‘no more war’ in North Korea thanks to country’s nuclear weapons programme https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-war-nuclear-weapons-pyongyang-a9641791.html 9 comments worldnews
- Chinese officials announced Friday the country tested its first hypersonic flight vehicle capable of carrying nuclear weapons -- and allegedly able to penetrate any missile defense system http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/07/china-tests-hypersonic-aircraft-that-can-carry-nukes-evade-missile-defense-systems-officials-say.html 9 comments worldnews
- The irony of the Israeli push to sanction and threaten Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program is that it has focused unwanted attention on the one country in the region which already has nukes: Israel. http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/05/02/a-realist-breakthrough/ 3 comments politics
- SPD call to withdraw US nuclear arms stokes debate: The parliamentary leader of the SPD, the junior partner in Germany's coalition government, has called for US atomic weapons to be withdrawn from the country. But other parties remain opposed to such a move https://www.dw.com/en/germany-spd-call-to-withdraw-us-nuclear-arms-stokes-debate/a-53314883 7 comments worldnews
- North Korea Defies U.S. by Evading Sanctions: The country is selling coal to Chinese companies to raise millions of dollars for its nuclear weapons program, analysts say. It is also importing luxury goods for the ruling elite. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/world/asia/north-korea-sanctions.html 3 comments worldnews
- President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would deploy its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles next year, saying the move meant his country now had a new type of strategic weapon. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-nuclear/putin-says-russia-is-ready-to-deploy-new-hypersonic-nuclear-missile-iduskcn1op0nz?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 322 comments worldnews
- A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's "desperate" dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korean-defector-tells-lester-holt-world-should-be-ready-n741901 16 comments worldnews
- North Korea has enough weapons-grade plutonium to produce 10 nuclear bombs, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. The claim comes after Kim Jong-Un said the country was close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile http://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-has-enough-plutonium-for-10-nukes-says-south/a-37091565 74 comments worldnews
- Japan's government said Monday that it will stick to its policy of not possessing nuclear weapons, after U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would be open to the idea of proliferating nuclear arms to multiple countries http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/japan-sticks-nuclear-arms-pledge-trump-remark-37973188 25 comments politics
- Moscow suffers from an anxiety complex stemming from the realization that the country will either collapse or find itself hopelessly far behind Western levels of development, and that this has prompted leaders to hint at using its nuclear weapons in a last-ditch effort to assert its right to exist http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/is-russia-a-kamikaze-country/518550.html 16 comments europe
- The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has confirmed the analysis by Arutz Sheva's Mark Langfan that the “red line” set by Iran's adversaries for that country's nuclear weapon development is approximately 250 kilograms of 20% Uranium Hexafluoride UF6 gas. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/news.aspx/166773#.uv3iajng_rw 3 comments worldnews
- "What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the US became unpalatable. No nuclear weapons. No huge military-industrial complex. Universal health care. Funding for the arts. A good record on the environment. But that was the old Canada." http://www.americablog.com/2012/05/what-happened-to-canada-ans-corporate.html 376 comments worldnews
- NATO countries’ pumping weapons into Ukraine increases the possibility of transition to a full-fledged nuclear war, said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/12/7345721/ 79 comments worldnews
- North Korea says talks with Pompeo were ‘regrettable’ -- Pyongyang said a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been “regrettable” and accused Washington of making “gangster-like” demands to pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear weapons. https://www.apnews.com/805d302b95704d2e8644f28876ac1be8/north-korea-says-talks-with-pompeo-were-'regrettable 9 comments worldnews
- U.S. President Donald Trump may have promised that North Korea will become “very rich” on the back of American investment if Pyongyang ditches nuclear weapons but economists and academics who have studied the isolated country say it is China not the U.S. that will be the engine https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-economy-analysis/north-korea-seen-looking-to-china-not-u-s-for-help-in-any-economic-transformation-iduskbn1j612g?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 162 comments worldnews
- US President Donald Trump has said that he has 'no idea' if North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is sane, amid escalating tensions over the threat from the country's nuclear weapons programme. But, speaking to CBS, Mr Trump said that Mr Kim must be a "pretty smart cookie" to keep hold of power http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donalds-trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un-sane-nuclear-threat-a7710826.html 41 comments worldnews
- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei "says the Chinese government has pledged never to be the first country to use nuclear weapons - at any time or under any circumstances. He says reports that China is considering changing the policy are 'groundless and out of ulterior motives.'" http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/china--no-changes-to-no-first-nuclear-strike-policy--112997794.html 24 comments worldnews