Iranian Lawmaker Hints At Possible Nuclear Test
An Iranian lawmaker has hinted at a possible nuclear test amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
An Iranian lawmaker has hinted at a possible nuclear test amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
French President Emanuel Macron has said that France is ready for a nuclear war after Russian President Vladamir Putin Threatened to use nuclear weapons.
According to The New York Times report, the Chinese government is secretly working to test its next-generation nuclear weapons to increase its force and destruction.
Russia has tested a massive Yars intercontinental ballistic missile to warn against aggression.
Japan remembered the victims that perished at the hands of US nuclear weapons in 1945. The 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation was held in the Japanese city of Nagasaki where the Mayor Shiro Suzuki, a nuclear bomb survivor himself, called on the world to abandon nuclear weapons.
Israel has been facing an alarming security threat to its existence since Iran’s nuclear agreement in 2015. While criticizing the deal, Israel has made veiled threats to target Iran’s critical infrastructure. Recently, Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz said that Israel could attack Iran’s nuclear sites in the coming two or three years.
China is developing its nuclear weapons at a faster rate than the US, according to the recent statement by The Commander of US Strategic Command. The development is dangerous amid an intense security competition between China and the US over Taiwan. Charles Richard called it a “near-term problem,” as China continues to threaten regional security.
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu warned that the risk of escalation in the Ukraine War was on the rise and Kiev might plan to launch a so-called “dirty bomb”
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Russian forces in Ukraine will be wiped out if it uses nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine. While talking in Brussels that the west will respond with the same harshness to the Russian nukes. He stated this while talking to an audience in the European Diplomatic Academy.
Earlier this month US intelligence reported that North Korea has sent military equipment to Russia. North Korea recently denied the accusation of sending any equipment or ammunition to Russia after it invaded Ukraine in February. North Korea termed the accusations as ‘‘rumours’’ and the US is deliberately trying to degrade North Korea’s image.