Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at the UK over its decision to suspend sales of some weapons components used by Israeli forces in Gaza. The British government announced a halt on Monday to 30 out of 350 weapons export licenses to the Jewish state, citing a “clear …
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Nuclear weapons could save Earth – study
Nuclear weapons may be the best means of protecting the Earth from asteroids, according to scientists from China’s deep space exploration program. In a paper published this month in the Chinese journal SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica, the team of researchers warned that despite recent developments in near-Earth object detection technologies, inaccuracies …
Read More »Poland ready to host US nuclear weapons
Poland is open to hosting US nuclear weapons amid the stand-off with Russia over Ukraine, President Andrzej Duda has said. In an interview with the Polish daily Fakt on Monday, the leader acknowledged that the issue of bringing US nukes to his country, much closer to Russian territory, “has been …
Read More »WATCH: Russian troops inspect abandoned NATO weapons in Avdeevka
Russian troops have captured NATO-made weapons and ammunition, as well as Starlink satellite terminals at the Avdeevka chemical plant, according to a new video released by the Defense Ministry on Saturday. Officials in Moscow said the abandoned hardware was found by Russian assault groups that entered the Avdeevka Coke and …
Read More »Ukraine used US-made chemical weapons – Russia
Washington and Kiev have violated articles of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as Ukrainian forces have used illegal munitions on the battlefield, Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has claimed. The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces provided several examples of Kiev’s alleged use …
Read More »Move nuclear weapons closer to US – Russian MP
Russia should place its nuclear weapons in “friendly countries” near the US in response to Washington’s alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested. His comments came after The Telegraph reported on Saturday that the US is looking to deploy its nuclear weapons …
Read More »Russia knows where we hide weapons – Ukraine
Stockpiling arms and ammunition in Ukraine makes “little sense” due to the ability of Russian forces to effectively identify and strike such locations, Kiev’s air force spokesman has admitted. Yury Ignat also warned that US-made F-16 fighter jets could become “a good target” for Moscow if supplied to Ukraine. Kiev …
Read More »EU needs its own nuclear weapons – ex-German FM
The European Union needs to get its own nuclear arsenal to better deter Russia, a former Foreign Minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has argued. The now-retired official has also warned that the bloc should be able to stick up for itself should its relations with the US cool. Last month, …
Read More »Russia loses seat on chemical weapons council
Moscow did not get enough votes from Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) members on Wednesday to stay on the Executive Council past May 2024. The 41-member board is elected to 2-year rotating terms from among the 193 member states, “with due regard to the principle of equitable …
Read More »Putin comments on Ukrainian weapons in Hamas hands
That some of the weapons sent to Ukraine ended up in the hands of Hamas militants probably has more to do with corruption than deliberate deliveries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “I doubt that there were deliveries of weapons from Ukraine, but I have no doubt there were …
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