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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2015
North Korea prepares for possible missile launch: Yonhap
North Korea has declared a no-sail zone off its east coast in a sign it could be preparing a missile launch, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2015
Russia says U.S. nuclear threat may require nuclear response
Russia would have to respond to a large U.S. nuclear attack with its own nuclear force, a senior government official said on Friday, and also should revive the Cold War practice of training civilians on how to respond to such an attack.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2015
Cost to replace, maintain U.K. nuclear deterrent raises eyebrows amid austerity push
The overall cost of replacing and maintaining Britain's nuclear deterrent will reach £167 billion ($256 billion), much more than expected, according to a lawmaker's and Reuters' calculations based on official figures.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2015
Pakistan to tell U.S. it won't accept limits on tactical nuclear arms
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will tell U.S. President Barack Obama that Islamabad will not accept limits on its use of small tactical nuclear weapons, Pakistani officials said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015
China's policy toward North Korea is changing
China is beginning to face an unfavorable political and strategic landscape that will compel it to change its North Korea policy whether it wants to or not.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2015
North Korea's Kim permits family reunions to gain leverage with South
Lee Taek-gu is about to meet his little sister — something he's waited 65 years for.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2015
It's time for world to ratify CTBT
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty still hasn't come into force, and all countries everywhere should do everything they can to get the remaining eight key nations on board.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Grandson of atomic bomb crewman writes of hibakusha horrors
The grandson of a U.S. serviceman who flew on both planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 has devoted himself to a project almost unimaginable 70 years ago: spreading the stories of horror experienced by the hibakusha.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2015
Australia should embrace the humanitarian focus on nukes
Australia has been steadfast in holding to the strength of its convictions, but it should end its opposition to the nuclear weapons humanitarian consequences movement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2015
In exchange for reunions, North Korea could seek concessions on reopening resort, launching missile
If North Korea goes ahead with reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, it is going to expect rewards from the South in return, perhaps the reopening of a border tourist spot or even tacit acceptance of an expected missile test.

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