Tag: weapons
Machine guns among weapons lost by UK armed forces
Two pistols and nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition also went missing over the past two years.
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Weapons expert cut from government event due to Twitter posts
The American, who has been based in the UK for the past 13 years, told BBC Two's Newsnight he was "outraged" that the government's trawl through his T [...]
Ukraine’s Dogged Effort to Get Weapons to the Battlefield, Not the Black Market
Rocket launchers, precision-guided missiles and billions of dollars’ worth of other advanced American weapons have given Ukraine a fighting chance aga [...]
Inside Airman Teixeira’s Online World: War, Weapons and Conspiracy Theories
Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman implicated in a vast leak of classified documents, was fixated on weapons, mass shootings, shadowy conspirac [...]
U.S. and South Korea Agree to Cooperate on Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — The United States will give South Korea a central role for the first time in strategic planning for the use of nuclear weapons in any con [...]
Inside Biden’s Renewed Promise to Protect South Korea From Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — In the four years since President Donald J. Trump’s leader-to-leader diplomacy with Kim Jong-un of North Korea collapsed after a failed m [...]
Western Weapons Supplies Fall Short of Ukraine’s Needs, Documents Show
Western allies this week delivered some of the most powerful weapons that Ukraine says it will need for a looming counteroffensive against Russia: a P [...]
Russia Is Importing Western Weapons Technology, Bypassing Sanctions
Western technology goods are winding up in Russian missiles, raising questions about the efficacy of sanctions.
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Putin announces Russia will station nuclear weapons in Belarus
Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in its neighbouring puppet state of Belarus.Putin announced the move on Saturdaytactical nuclear weaponsg [...]
How nuclear weapons can be turned into nuclear energy
Just a decade ago, one in 10 American lightbulbs was powered by dismantled Russian nuclear weapons.
That was made possible by the Megatons to Megaw [...]
Fears of Russian Nuclear Weapons Use Have Diminished, but Could Re-emerge
Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts have more confidence that they understand at least some of Presiden [...]
Ukraine has more weapons for its war with Russia but not German tanks
Ukraine has managed to rally the West once again to supply weapons, including Bradley fighting vehicles, self-propelled Howitzers, and more, a mont [...]
Zelensky’s Weapons Wish List Goes Mostly Unfulfilled on Trip to Washington
The Biden administration continues to balk at sending U.S. battle tanks, fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine.
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Western Allies Look to Ukraine as a Testing Ground for Weapons
Though the battle for Ukraine remains largely a grinding artillery war, new advances in technology and training there are being closely monitored for [...]
C.I.A. Director Warns Russian Counterpart Against Using Nuclear Weapons
William Burns’s talks with Russia’s foreign intelligence chief are the most senior in-person meetings since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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