Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
June 2023 - United States Special Weapons News
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- States invest in nuclear arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorate—New SIPRI Yearbook out now SIPRI 12 Jun 2023 -- The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israel—continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
- Think Tanks Say Nuclear Arsenals Expanded, Modernized Last Year RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- Nuclear-armed states have continued to expand and modernize their atomic arsenals amid a deterioration of the world's geopolitical situation, investing huge sums of money diverted from other development goals, an influential think tank said in a report published on June 12.
- Global Nuclear Arsenals Growing Amid Increased Tensions - SIPRI Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- The nine nuclear powers continued to increase or modernize their atomic weapon stockpiles in 2022 as the fallout from the Ukraine conflict undermined nuclear diplomacy, a fresh report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) claimed on Monday.
- Kremlin Considers Sullivan's Remark on US' Readiness for Nuclear Arms Negotiations Positive Sputnik 05 Jun 2023 -- Resent statements by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan regarding Washington's readiness for talks on nuclear weapons are important and positive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
- Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question in connection with the remarks by National Security Adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Jun 2023
- US Confident in Its Nuclear Stockpile, White House Official Says VOA 02 Jun 2023 -- The United States says it does not plan on building more nuclear weapons to counter threats from Russia, China and a growing number of adversaries who have or who could soon have nuclear capabilities.
- US proposes arms control deal with UK, France, Russia and China Press TV 02 Jun 2023 -- The United States national security advisor to President Joe Biden has proposed multilateral arms control efforts with the UK, France, Russia and China.
- US May Offer to Keep Nuclear Arms Limits Until 2026 If Russia Reciprocates Sputnik 02 Jun 2023 -- The United States on Friday is set to offer to continue complying with the nuclear arms limits under the New START Treaty until 2026 if Russia reciprocates, British news agency reported, citing two senior administration officials.
- U.S. Countermeasures in Response to Russia's Violations of the New START Treaty US Dept. of State 01 Jun 2023 -- The United States is committed to full and mutual implementation of the New START Treaty. Consistent with that commitment, the United States has adopted lawful countermeasures in response to the Russian Federation's ongoing violations of the New START Treaty. The Russian Federation's purported suspension of the New START Treaty is legally invalid. As a result, Russia remains bound by its New START Treaty obligations, and is violating the treaty by failing to fulfill many of those obligations.
- US Will No Longer Alert Russia to Any Missile Changes Under New START - State Dept Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- The United States will immediately stop notifying Russia about the status or location of missiles and launchers as required under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the State Department said in a Thursday release.
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