Tag: Nukes

New tactical nukes in US arsenal raise risks, experts warn

WASHINGTON DC: The Pentagon is set to unveil President Donald Trump’s nuclear policy next week, and critics are already warning it could trigger another arms...

Rana Tanvir says Pakistan nukes can target ‘all Indian cities’

TEHRAN: Amid exchange of admonitions between Pakistan and India, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain turns up the heat saying that Pakistan has advanced nuclear and missile technology...

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are in safe hands: Imran Khan

--Tareen says Oct 2 indictment will answer Nawaz’s questions   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that the nuclear weapons of Pakistan...

Iran says can ramp up weapon-grade uranium enrichment in just five...

The comments made by the Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, to Iranian state television come as US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to renegotiate or walk away from the 2015 nuclear deal.

Pak asks India to ink non-testing regime on nukes, ‘exclusive dialogue’...

PM’s adviser Sartaj Aziz says Pakistan fulfills necessary requirements for NSG membership Says NSG troika being formally invited to visit Pakistan for detailed briefing on...

North Korea overcomes poverty, sanctions with cut-price nukes

North Korea has developed a nuclear weapons program despite poverty and international sanctions, using home-grown technology and virtually free labor to cut costs, experts...

Nukes are safe, terrorists are not

Briefing the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs held under the chair of Nuzhat Sadiq, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said Thursday that there has been significant reduction in terrorist activities since the launch of Operation Zarb e Azb, adding that the nuclear assets were completely safe and the concerns of the United States have been removed about Pakistan’s missile programme.

Pak to show nuke-worrying US its hands are safe

Foreign Affairs Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry would leave on May 29 for a weeklong trip to the United States to attend a follow-up meeting of the strategic dialogue between both the countries’ subgroup on defence cooperation.

Dar for charging country up on nukes

Finance minister reviews progress on K2, K3 nuclear power plants, says plants will be cheapest source of energy   Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq...

Pakistan tells Obama to keep strategic balance

The Pakistani government had sharp words as President Barack Obama concluded his three-day trip to neighbouring India, issuing a statement saying it had “taken careful note of statements made and agreements reached” in New Delhi.

IAEA chief urges vigilance against ‘terrorist’ nuke threats

The Islamic State group has overrun parts of Syria and Iraq since last June and declared a Muslim caliphate in those areas.

With nukes, sharing is not caring

Three-day workshop on challenges and prospects involving nuclear non-proliferation starts in capital   ISLAMABAD APP   Speakers at a workshop titled “Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Challenges and Prospects” highlighted the importance...

Our nukes are safe, it’s energy that we are concerned about

THE HAGUE Pakistan assured the world community that it is considering ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material...

Pakistani leaders to retain nuclear-arms authority during crises

Pakistan's top leaders would not delegate advance authority over nuclear arms to unit commanders, even in the event of crisis with India, a senior...

Iran will never build nuclear arms: says Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country would never build nuclear weapons, US media reported on Thursday. Rouhani also told US broadcaster NBC he...

Pakistan owns about 90-110 nuclear warheads: Report

Pakistan's atomic arsenal probably consists of between 90 to 110 nuclear war heads, a latest Congressional report has said, informing the American lawmakers that...

South Korea flexes missile power after North test

Two days after North Korea's nuclear test, South Korea signalled Thursday the deployment of a new cruise missile capable of a precision strike on members...