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Brown offers to cut Trident subs
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Gordon Brown follows Barack Obama's lead with cut in Trident subs PM intends Britain to build only three replacement Trident nuclear submarines, not four as planned A Royal Navy Trident nuclear submarine. Photograph: Corbis Gordon Brown will add to...
Tags: Corbis Gordon Brown, Britain, nuclear deterrent, Mr Brown, trident nuclear, nuclear submarine, scale backing, New York, trident sub, replacement trident, United Kingdom, London
UK 'must slash defence spending'
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility The UK should slash defence spending by £24bn and revisit plans to renew its Trident nuclear deterrent, according to a report published by a think-tank...Its authors include former defence secretary Lord Robertson and the ex-Lib Dem leader, Lord Ashdown.
Tags: Britain, aircraft carrier, nuclear deterrent, Royal Navy, trident nuclear, Lord Ashdown, defence spending
N.Korea conducts nuclear test
Seoul :: South Korea | 6 months ago
Credibility SEOUL: North Korea said it successfully conducted a nuclear test on Monday, a move certain to further isolate the prickly state, which argues it has no choice but to build an atomic arsenal to protect itself in a hostile world. The test, the North's second,...
Tags: nuclear test, North Korean, underground nuclear, South Korean, Korean Central News Agency, successfully conducting, Japan, nuclear deterrent, conducting nuclear, korea conducting
Warning over nuclear submarines
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
Credibility The UK's continuous seaborne nuclear deterrent is at risk, MPs have warned, amid doubts that a new generation of submarines will be ready on time. Two of the UK's four Vanguard nuclear subs will leave service in 2024, with work on replacing them under...
North Korea says may retain nuclear capability
Seoul :: South Korea | 10 months ago
Credibility North Korea's foreign ministry on Saturday said the communist state might retain a nuclear capability as long as it feels threatened by the United States. US diplomatic relations become normalised, our status as a nuclear-armed state will never change...
Tags: north korea, obama, North Korean, South Korea, United States, Barack Obama, U.S, Pyongyang, nuclear deterrent, nuclear weaponized
Generals in 'scrap Trident' call
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility The former head of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Lord Bramall, backed by two senior generals, argued in a letter to The Times that the nuclear deterrent is no longer independent and does not guarantee Britain a seat at the top table of international...
Tags: submarine, british, nuclear weapons, Britain, armed forces, trident nuclear, completely useless, nuclear deterrent, nuclear missiles, military chiefs
Russia pledges closer ties with Venezuela
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Chavez, known for his anti-US rhetoric, hosted a visit by Russian bomber planes to Venezuela this month and Russian warships will hold exercises there in November, the first such maneuvers in the Americas since the Cold War. The establishment of closer...
Tags: russia, venezuela, medvedev, russian warships, Russian, Venezuelan, Dmitry Medvedev, chávez, nuclear deterrent, president dmitry
Pentagon sees Russia strengthening nuclear arsenal
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Russia appears focused on strengthening its nuclear capabilities rather than building up its regular armed forces, which makes maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal increasingly important, U.S...The Pentagon chief, speaking to Air Force officers in Virginia,...
Tags: Russians, nuclear arsenal, nuclear capability, U.S, US Air Force, Robert Gates, nuclear deterrent, defense secretary, secretary robert, Virginia
France to Cut Nuclear Arsenal in Half
Cherbourg :: France | about 1 year ago
Credibility President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he planned to take a another step in France's nuclear disarmament program by slashing the number of nuclear warheads in his country's arsenal. ... ...
Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Iran, president nicolas, John McCain, nuclear weapons, sarkozy announced, nuclear deterrent, Paris, China
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