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NKorea resumes anti-US rhetoric Seoul (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 
North Korea Friday resumed its criticism of the United States, a day after dropping its customary harsh words from a policy-setting New Year message. The ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun accused Washington in a commentary of planning a preemptive nuclear strike against North Korea. "The US war-thirsty forces' moves to mount a preemptive nuclear attack are assuming an increasing dange ... read moreGlobal Crisis Will Not Affect Topol-M Schedule 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russia's Topol-M ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty on schedule despite the current global financial crisis, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said recently upon returning from a field inspection. Some media reports have indicated that Russia could experience delays in the production of Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs due to a hike in prices for components and materials ... more
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Pakistan, India swap nuclear site lists amid tensions
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 1, 2009Pakistan and India exchanged lists Thursday of their nuclear installations under an accord aimed at protecting the sites in case of war, officials said, amid simmering tensions over the Mumbai attacks. The South Asian rivals, whose relations have been rocky since the deadly November attacks on India's financial centre Mumbai, have exchanged the lists annually since 1992, under an agreement ... more NKorea stresses strong military in New Year message 
Seoul (AFP) Jan 1, 2009North Korea Thursday lashed out at South Korea but dropped its customary criticism of the United States in a policy-setting New Year message which called for a stronger military and economy. The hardline communist state reaffirmed its commitment to denuclearisation and peace and had no harsh words for Washington, in the run-up to the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama. After a ... more Russia To Test-Launch At Least 5 Bulava ICBMs In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2008The number of test launches for Russia's Bulava ICBM will be increased from three or four to at least five next year, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday. The intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of breaching anti-missile defense systems, failed a test launch from a submarine earlier on Tuesday. "In connection with today's less than successful test launch, the overall numbe ... more Book: Soviets stole H-bomb secrets 
Osceola, Wis. (UPI) Dec 30, 2008 Moscow acquired the secret of the hydrogen bomb from an atomic spy at the Los Alamos weapons lab in New Mexico, a new book says. "The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and its Proliferation," by Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman, does not name the suspected spy, but says he was born in the United States, grew up in a foreign country, fell in with communist sympathizers ... more
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NKorea may stage nuke test to tame Obama team: study
Seoul (AFP) Dec 29, 2008North Korea might stage a second atomic test to raise the stakes in nuclear disarmament negotiations next year but the new US administration is unlikely to yield, a South Korean think-tank said Monday. It warned it could not rule out the possibility the North may threaten to suspend denuclearisation, boycott six-party disarmament talks and fire missiles or even a nuclear weapon "to tame the ... more Pakistan, India can't afford war: analysts 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 28, 2008The risk of war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan has increased with the redeployment of troops along the common border, but neither can afford the cost of such a conflict, analysts say. The two sides have raised tensions by whipping up war hype for domestic reasons since the Mumbai attacks last month, but must step back from the brink to focus on more pressing issues such as the spre ... more New Russian sea-based missile fails again in test: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008A test-firing of a new Russian sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads ended in failure Tuesday when the weapon disintegrated after launch, the Interfax news agency reported. "After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded in the air," a military source told the agency. Interfax said this was the eighth test lau ... more Russia orders 70 strategic nuclear missiles by 2011: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The Russian military will commission more than 70 strategic nuclear missiles in the next three years, Interfax news agency quoted the deputy head of the military-industrial committee as saying Monday. "More than 70 strategic missiles will be bought and delivered to troops in the next three years, more than 30 short-range Iskander missiles and a large number of booster rockets and aircraft," ... more
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