Nuclear Weapons

India accounts for 1% of world's nuclear warheads, shows SIPRI data

Russia, US hold 90% of total nukes. At 156, India has fewer than Pakistan's 165

Updated On: 23 Nov 2022 | 11:57 AM IST

'It's all in our military doctrine': Russia on possible nuclear strike

Ukraine pushes back troops in East; Biden signs Ukraine Bill, seeks $40 bn

Updated On: 11 May 2022 | 12:17 AM IST

Pyongyang fired unidentified projectile toward eastern sea: South Korea

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately say whether the projectile was ballistic or how far it flew

Updated On: 07 May 2022 | 12:13 PM IST

North Korea launches ballistic missile amid rising animosities with West

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was fired from the North's capital region and flew to the waters off its eastern coast

Updated On: 04 May 2022 | 11:48 AM IST

Kim warns North Korea could 'preemptively' use nuclear weapons

Kim expressed firm will to continue developing his nuclear-armed military so that it could preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves

Updated On: 30 Apr 2022 | 8:04 PM IST

World's stockpile of usable nuclear weapons is increasing, warns watchdog

The Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor has found no evidence, however, that any of the nuclear-armed states currently have the will to purposefully pursue nuclear disarmament

Updated On: 11 Apr 2022 | 11:46 PM IST

Nuclear weapon fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war, says new poll

Russia's war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons

Updated On: 28 Mar 2022 | 12:44 PM IST

Russia says will use nuclear weapons in case of 'existential threat'

While refusing to rule out the use of nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that if there is an existential threat for Russia, the country can use the nukes.

Updated On: 23 Mar 2022 | 8:23 AM IST

Top Headlines: Delhi airport picked for 5G pilot; Boeing Eagle-II for IAF

The telecom regulator has identified Delhi airport, 'smart' city Bhopal, the Bengaluru metro, and Deendayal port (Kandla) in Gujarat for conducting pilot projects

Updated On: 19 Mar 2022 | 6:51 AM IST

Ukraine developing missile systems to deliver nukes: Russian official

Simultaneously with the work on the creation of a nuclear explosive device, Ukraine has actively engaged in potential means of delivery of nuclear weapons, a Russian official said

Updated On: 06 Mar 2022 | 3:27 PM IST

Ukraine stored documents on Nuclear weapons in Zaporizhzhia: Report

The recent clashes at the administrative buildings near the Zaporizhzhia NPP could be a result of Ukraine storing documents on perspective developments of nuclear weapons there

Updated On: 06 Mar 2022 | 3:19 PM IST

NATO sees no need to change nuclear alert level despite Putin's threats

We will always do what is needed to protect and defend our allies, but we don't think there is any need now to change the alert levels of NATO's nuclear forces, said Jens Stoltenberg

Updated On: 01 Mar 2022 | 7:37 PM IST

Ukraine war: West questions whether Putin has become dangerously unstable

Putin for 20 yrs has struck rivals as reckless, but his behaviour in ordering Ukraine invasion and putting Russia's nuclear forces on high alert has some in West questioning, if he has become unstable

Updated On: 01 Mar 2022 | 12:06 PM IST

Biden tells Americans to not worry about nuclear war after Russian actions

US President Joe Biden said on Monday Americans should not worry about a nuclear war after Moscow put its nuclear deterrent on high alert amid a barrage of Western reprisals over Russia-Ukraine crisis

Updated On: 01 Mar 2022 | 9:23 AM IST

Putin to oversee nuclear drills on Saturday during standoff over Ukraine

The Defence Ministry said Russian President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee Saturday's exercise, which will involve multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise

Updated On: 18 Feb 2022 | 4:10 PM IST

Iran says peaceful nuke, defence capabilities irremovable options

The comments came at a time when envoys from Iran and other parties are engaged in negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna to restore a 2015 nuclear deal

Updated On: 13 Feb 2022 | 6:43 AM IST

China denies US report it's rapidly growing its nuclear arms

A senior Chinese arms control official denied Tuesday that his government is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal, though he said it is taking steps to modernise its nuclear forces.

Updated On: 04 Jan 2022 | 2:39 PM IST

NATO defence ministers may agree to plan to deter Russian threat

The strategy, which is confidential, goes beyond existing regional defence plans and aims to prepare for any simultaneous attack in the Baltic and Black Sea regions, possibly including nuclear weapons

Updated On: 21 Oct 2021 | 11:37 PM IST

US reveals number of nuclear warheads; down by 55 from a year ago

The US published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years

Updated On: 06 Oct 2021 | 11:01 PM IST

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for elimination of nuclear weapons

Addressing the threat of nuclear weapons "has been central to the work of the United Nations since its inception," said the top UN official, Xinhua news agency reported.

Updated On: 27 Sep 2021 | 9:22 AM IST