Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that a nuclear war can have no winners and should never break out, in comments released by the Kremlin. As reported by Reuters, Putin’s comment is from his letter to the participants of the Conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). “We start from the fact that there […]
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Iran: We have the means to build an atomic bomb, but we don’t want to
Iran has the technical capability to build an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country’s atomic energy agency, said today, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Eslami was echoing comments made by Kamal Harazi, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in July. Harazi’s […]
Conference on Nuclear Weapons: The New Bomb Scare
Under the shadow of Russia’s nuclear threats, the most important international conference on nuclear weapons begins. Experts predict “meager results, comments Handelsblatt. In the same publication it is stated that it is a small anniversary, but the mood is gloomy: while on Monday The 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference begins in New York, the […]
Germany: The Green Ministry is open. Environment in extending the life of the Bavarian nuclear plant
Germany’s environment minister has said she is willing to consider extending the life of EON’s nuclear power plant in Bavaria until next year if an ongoing government assessment concludes it is necessary, Bloomberg reports. Steffi Lemke, a member of the Green party, which is ideologically opposed to nuclear power, said that if the “stress test” […]
Kim Jong Un: We are ready to use nukes for deterrent purposes
Kim Jong Un has signaled that his country is ready to use nuclear weapons as a deterrent and counter any attack by the US, and he also took aim at South Korea’s new president for the first time, warning Seoul against any move that could prompt the outbreak of a new war. The North Korean […]
France: Macron believes ‘nuclear’ deal with Iran ‘still possible’ but must be reached as soon as possible
French President Emmanuel Macron said today that reviving the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program is “still possible” provided it is “achieved as quickly as possible” after talks on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Ibrahim Rice. “Several months after the suspension of negotiations in Vienna,” Macron “expressed his frustration at the lack of progress (in […]
Germany: Schäuble calls on Berlin to help finance France’s nuclear arsenal
Germany should contribute to the cost of France’s nuclear arsenal as the threat of nuclear war with Russia looms over Europe, veteran German politician Wolfgang Schäuble said in an interview published today. “Now that Putin’s accomplices are threatening a nuclear strike every day, one thing is clear to me: we need nuclear deterrence at the […]
Medvedev’s warning to the US: It is foolish to mess with a nuclear power
LAST UPDATE: 18:12 Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the United States today that the West’s attempt to punish a nuclear power like Russia for its war in Ukraine risks endangering humanity. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused the most serious crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in […]
France: Macron vows to continue efforts to get Iran back into nuclear deal
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed regret today that Tehran still “refuses” to reach a deal on its nuclear program and vowed to continue his efforts to “reason it down”. “Iran still refuses to seize the opportunity offered to it for a good deal, as the latest talks with the Americans in Doha showed, the French […]
Russia has begun 24-hour monitoring to detect nuclear explosions
Russia has started round-the-clock monitoring to detect nuclear tests from newly inaugurated facilities, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. “From July 1, 2022, in order to strengthen the defense capacity of our country, the alternating shifts of the Main Center for Geopolitical Monitoring will operate on a twenty-four hour […]