nuclear weapons

Taking a giant leap for a new ethics in outer space

India must set the pace for the world’s agenda on the moon

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

North Korea says its latest submarine can launch nuclear weapons, but there are doubts

Simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea; rehearsed occupation of rivals: North Korea

Review of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s A Stranger in Your Own City — Travels in the Middle East’s Long War: A people’s history

Daily Quiz | On 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Vasudevan Mukunth

Visitors burn incense in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, on August 6, 2023. Hiroshima marked the 78th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing of the city.

Hiroshima Mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

The lessons of Hiroshima must not drift away

Nuclear signalling, the need for new guard rails

A sign marks the location of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Visitor Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S., July 30, 2023.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Manhattan Project

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File photo of J. Robert Oppenheimer, at his study at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in 1957.

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Photos showing North Korea’s missiles, right, are displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, July 20, 2023. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades.

North Korea threatens nuclear response after U.S. sub deployment

This photo shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site.

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This photo shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, in N.M., on July 16, 1945.

‘Oppenheimer’ stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders

EP Menon recalls his cross-border walk tour with his friend, Satish Kumar and talks about his concerns about the world.

When Bengaluru’s peace activist E.P. Menon walked from Delhi to Washington 60 years ago

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File

Iran's leader Khamenei says 'nothing wrong' with a nuclear deal with West

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U.S. wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world

‘The war in Ukraine has had a significant impact on Japan’s national security strategy’

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Russia tells United States: Don't lecture Moscow on nuclear deployments

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu shakes hands with Belarusian Defence Minister Victor Khrenin during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus May 25, 2023.

Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fight

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a guest book as he visits at Peace Memorial Museum with other G7 leaders’ as a part of G7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, western Japan on May 19, in this handout photo released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

U.S. President Biden vows to strive for nuclear weapons-free world during visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant. File.

Kant calls for unfettered access to U.S. nuclear technology to build small modular reactors

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