New START to correlate offensive nuclear, non-nuclear weapons (Itar-Tass)
TASHKENT, December 22 (Itar-Tass) – The new US-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will take into account the correlation between strategic offensive weapons armed with nuclear and non-nuclear warheads, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Russia, U.S. plan unprecedented nuclear cut: Lavrov (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Russia and the United States plan unprecedented cuts to their Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons under a new arms reduction deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
US, Russia fail to reach new nuclear-arms deal (New York Post)
COPENHAGEN — President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev failed to reach an agreement on a new nuclear-arms control accord during talks on the sidelines of the Copenhagen climate summit Friday. The 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (STA…
Japan-US secret nuclear deal discovered: reports (Space War)
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2009 – A secret agreement under which Japan allowed the US military to bring nuclear weapons to the Asian nation has been uncovered despite years of denial of its existence by Tokyo, media reports said Tuesday.
Russia s new military doctrine clarifies use of nuclear weapons (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, December 21 (Itar-Tass) — Russia s new military doctrine clarifies the use of nuclear weapons, chief of the Russian Army General Staff, General of the Army Nikolai Makarov said.
Japan-U.S. Secret Nuclear Deal Paper With Family: Sato Son (INO News)
(RTTNews) – A family member of former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato disclosed Tuesday that a document on a secret agreement under which Japan allowed the U.S. military to bring nuclear weapons to the Asian nation in contingency was in the possession of the family.
Obama Says U.S., Russia ‘Close’ to Reaching Nuclear Arms Agreement (Fox News)
President Obama said Friday that the U.S. and Russia were “quite close’ to agreeing on a successor to an expired nuclear arms control treaty.
Obama Says U.S., Russia Close on Nuclear Arms Accord (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said the U.S. and Russia are quite close to agreeing on terms for a nuclear arms reduction treaty. We re making excellent progress, Obama said after he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met in Copenhagen, where the two leaders are attending a United Nations summit on climate change.
Nuclear Weapons Cannot Provide Security In The World: Negotiator (Bernama)
TOKYO, Dec 23 (Bernama) — Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said that Tehran believes nuclear weapons cannot ensure the security in the world, Iranian News Agency IRNA reported.
2010 key year in fight against nuclear arms (The Malaysian Insider)
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 Next year will be crucial for global nuclear non-proliferation efforts and all eyes will be on the United States and Russia to see if the two top atomic powers can reach a deal to reduce their arsenals. In April, US President Barack Obama declared in a speech in Prague that the United States was committed to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons …
ANALYSIS-2010 to be key year in fight against nuclear arms (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Russia-U.S. arms reduction treaty seen as crucial * Signatories of NPT gather for month-long review in May * Obama wants U.S. to ratify nuclear test-ban treaty By Louis Charbonneau UNITED …
