Nuclear weapons – Page 3 – Asia Times

Australia, Oceania

Boomerangs to A-bombs: Australia debates acquiring nukes

by Andrew Beatty and Max Blenkin July 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Crew are seem on top of the Indian nuclear submarine Arihant. Photo: Indian Defense Ministry

India, South Asia

New Delhi’s Indian Ocean security dilemma

by Manoj Kumar Mishra April 23, 2019February 18, 2020

US soldiers rest after military exercises by US and South Korea troops at Daegu in March 2005. Washington and Seoul have just signed a long-term military agreement, although a key aspect is still unclear. Photo: AFP / Kim Jae-hwan

United States, World

Why America can’t win wars

by David Isenberg February 1, 2019February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump appears sullen during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea talks: Trump must learn from past blunders

by Adam Hardy January 7, 2019January 8, 2019

Who wins? A ghostly face, styled after a traditional Korean mask, asks a perennial question about war. White is the Korean color of death. In the background sits the gate of Gyeongbok Palace - the building around which the capital was built exactly 100 years before Columbus landed in America. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

AT Finance, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Photo gallery: On Halloween, ghosts of war stalk central Seoul

by Andrew Salmon October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Rivalry between India and Pakistan sometimes gets un-neighborly. Illustration: iStock

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan-India rift ‘the fault of the stars’

by Imad Zafar September 24, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

North Korea maintaining its nuclear weapons, UN told

by Bertil Lintner September 19, 2018

Helicopters take part in war games between Russia and Belarus near the town of Ruzhany, 235km southwest of Minsk in Sept 2017.
A huge war drill will be stage in Russia's Far East next week. Photo: AFP / pool / Sergei Grits

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Russia to stage huge war drill with China in Far East

by Bertil Lintner September 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon in 2009. Operations are continuing at the North Korean plant. Photo: AFP/Ho/South Korean Foreign Ministry

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

No sign of a slowdown in North Korea’s nuclear program

by Bertil Lintner August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Boats carrying bonfires float along the Motoyasu-gawa River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in honor of the souls of those lost in the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The ceremony took place on Aug. 5, 2018, the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the bombing. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Could Tokyo ever go critical and make nuclear weapons?

by Robert E. McCoy August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Taipower's No. 4 Nuclear Plant, near Taipei, is now tentatively mothballed. Photo: blogspot.com

Beijing, China, Taiwan, World

Taiwan debates what to do with redundant nuclear fuel rods

by Asia Times staff July 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: US Department of Defense via AFP

Uncategorized

US nuke gravity bomb completes test on B2 bomber

by Asia Times staff July 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Chashma-III nuclear reactor, some 250 kilometers southwest of Islamabad. Photo: AFP / handout

Australia, China, France, India, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Why Pakistan and India should join Nuclear Suppliers Group

by Atta Rasool Malik June 14, 2018June 14, 2018

Image of US President Donald Trump, China's leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Photo: Getty Image

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

A North Korean opportunity for America and China

by Richard N. Haass June 10, 2018

The devil may be in the detail. South Korean president Moon Jae-in (r) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. Photo: AFP/Inter-Korean Summit Pool/Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Is Kim Jong-un in trouble?

by Stephen Bryen May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US America lunch ICBM missile for nuclear bomb test illustration concept. Photo: iStock

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Denuclearization means the United States, too

by Jeffrey D. Sachs May 9, 2018

Photo: iStock

European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Weapons of male destruction

by Beatrice Fihn May 7, 2018

CGI of Chinese J-31/ F-60 Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Jet . Photo: China Military Net

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam, World

The myth of the ‘game-changer’ weapon

by Richard A. Bitzinger April 26, 2018

North Korea, Missile, Unclear, USA. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

How to negotiate a lasting deal with North Korea

by Brahma Chellaney April 23, 2018April 23, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has some tough decisions to make. Photo: AFP/KCNA via KNS

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Kim’s pledge: ‘Program ended’ or ‘program completed?’

by Robert McCoy April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. Photo: AFP

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Potential Saudi nuclear plants test limits of Israeli ties

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Pushpin marking on Pyongyang, North Korea map. Image: iStock

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Beijing’s ‘win-win’ Korean Peninsula scenario

by Xuan Loc Doan March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

The then Syrian President Hafez al-Assad meets North Korea's Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang, in 1974. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam, World

North Korean military efforts can be traced far off home base

by Robert E. McCoy March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton (L) and outgoing White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster. Photos: Reuters

Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Bolton decision lets Trump negotiate from position of strength

by Andrew Salmon March 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Ronald Reagan. 2018-03-23

European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Cold warrior Reagan’s bold foray into outer space

by Michael Rühle March 23, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

N Korea missiles may be ‘political’ rather than actual military deterrent for Pyongyang

by Asia Times staff March 9, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses for photos with a South Korean delegation led by Chung Eui-yong (second from left) in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 6, 2018. Photo: The Presidential Blue House / Yonhap via Reuters

China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Kim’s initiative: The breakthrough the world has been waiting for?

by Andrew Salmon March 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin addresses Russia's parliament on March 1, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

AT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Radioactivity may confirm Russian nuke-powered missile crash

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A satellite image of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea. GeoEye via AFP

North Korea, Northeast Asia

N Korea reactor likely resumed plutonium production for weapons: 38 North

by Asia Times staff March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese soldiers stand guard over a model of a nuclear warhead in a nuclear lab in China's northwestern Qinghai province. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

US tailors forces to deter growing Chinese nuclear threat

by Bill Gertz March 5, 2018February 18, 2020