Tag: NuclearWeapons
The World Has Lost the Nuclear Rulebook
Every January, a small group of scientists in Chicago move the hands of a clock that does not tell time. It measures something closer to mood: how near humanity stands, in the collective judgment of physicists, historians and Nobel laureates, to a catastrophe of its own making. On January 27,…
North Korea Tests New Missile Capability
North Korea launched what South Korean and Japanese authorities assessed as ballistic missiles from Wonsan on August 6 and 12 without publicly disclosing either launch, a rare departure from its normal practice, according to a joint AEI-Institute for the Study of War update. South Korean and Japanese authorities said the…
South Korea Says North May Have 120 Nukes
South Korea's defense minister told lawmakers Thursday that private research estimates put North Korea's nuclear arsenal at between 80 and 120 warheads, substantially higher than the figure of 57 that President Donald Trump cited a day earlier. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back made the comments during a plenary session of the…
Can South Korea Defend Itself Without America?
President Lee Jae Myung used the start of this year's Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises to make an argument that would once have sounded uncomfortable in Seoul: South Korea needs to become better able to defend itself. His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce…
Russian Church Leader Calls Nuclear Bomb a Divine Gift
Patriarch Kirill, the Russian Orthodox Church leader, said that the Soviet atomic bomb was created through "the grace and mercy of God," calling it divine intervention that stopped enemies from "destroying and enslaving" Russia. He made the remarks in the closed nuclear city of Sarov, according to The Moscow Times.Kirill…
