DefenceTalkThe United States has warned Russia privately of “catastrophic” consequences if it uses nuclear weapons as part of the Ukraine invasion, top US officials said. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear arms in a speech Wednesday in which he announced the mobilization of reservists following Ukrainian gains on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-russia-of-catastrophic-consequences-of-nuclear-strike-79445/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea will use its nuclear weapons to “eliminate” South Korea’s army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong’s warning, carried in state media, was her second angry retort in three days to comments made by South Korea’s defence chief Suh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kims-sister-says-north-korea-nukes-could-eliminate-south-78592/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkA former US defense secretary has called on President-elect Joe Biden to reform the system that gives sole control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal to the president, calling it “outdated, unnecessary and extremely dangerous.” The call from William Perry came the same day US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with the nation’s top military leader […]https://www.defencetalk.com/biden-urged-to-renounce-sole-control-of-us-nuclear-weapons-76655/

DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday the Pentagon has no plans to pursue a “no-first-use” nuclear weapons policy. His remarks at a nuclear research facility in New Mexico follow media reports saying President Barack Obama was weighing an overhaul of longstanding US nuclear policy, including by pledging to never conduct the first strike in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-plans-to-change-us-nuke-strike-rules-pentagon-chief-68253/

DefenceTalkRussian Strategic Missile Forces will parry all nuclear attacks and punish the enemy with a devastating retaliatory strike. The Russian Strategic Missile Forces are prepared to shield the country from a nuclear attack under any circumstances, the SMF Central Command’s chief said. “If we have to accomplish a task of repelling a “lightning-speed” nuclear strike, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-smf-ready-to-repel-a-lightning-speed-nuclear-strike-63349/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has moved a medium-range missile to its east coast, South Korea said Thursday as the United States strengthened its Pacific missile defences amid intensifying threats from Pyongyang. Seoul’s defence minister Kim Kwan-Jin said the missile could reach a “considerable distance” but not the US mainland. “It could be aimed at test-firing or military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-moves-missile-after-warning-of-nuclear-strike-47375/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States. “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said, warning that war could break out “today or tomorrow”. Pyongyang’s latest pronouncement came as Washington scrambled to reinforce its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-approves-nuclear-strike-on-united-states-47346/