In response to the emerging security threats stemming from China’s belligerence and rising regional influence, and North Korea’s relentless surge in nuclear weapons development programmes, the Defence chiefs of the US, Japan and South Korea held a trilateral meeting at the three-day Asia Security Summit in Singapore
The Russian leader's comments follow claims from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko this week that his nation received the first part of the "bombs and missiles from Russia."
Some two-thirds of atomic blasts survivors in Japan do not think the upcoming G7 summit in Hiroshima will reap any tangible progress in nuclear disarmament, according to a new survey.
Public pressure had then provoked President Yoon to declare that nuclear weapons remained an option if North Korea continued to pose an existential threat.
On 16 July 1945, the world witnessed the mind-boggling destructive power hidden inside a nuclear bomb. After seeing the catastrophic might of the bomb at the Trinity Test Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project, famously invoked a quote from the Bhagavad Gita, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Khan's remarks come days after Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said that India’s nuclear policy till date has been ‘No First Use’ but 'what happens in future depends on the circumstances'.
Next year the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) -- considered the cornerstone of the world's nuclear order -- turns 50.
EC's decision was announced hours after the Supreme Court asked the commission to rule by May 6 on remaining complaints against PM Modi and Amit Shah for alleged violations of model code of conduct.
India and US also reaffirmed their commitment to work together to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Developments in artificial intelligence, growing space, and cyber vulnerabilities, have given rise to more uncertainties, former prime minister Manmohan Singh added.
