DefenceTalkThe Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The West condemned Putin’s weekend announcement on placing the weapons in EU and NATO-bordering Belarus, triggering calls for new sanctions on Moscow. Ukraine said it was seeking an emergency meeting of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kremlin-says-wont-change-plans-on-belarus-nuclear-weapons-79998/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea claimed Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it blamed recent US-South Korea exercises for a deteriorating regional security situation. Pyongyang carried out military drills of its own in response this week, the official Korean Central News Agency said, including test-firing a new nuclear-capable […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-tested-new-underwater-nuclear-attack-drone-79980/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea has decided to take “important practical” war deterrence measures, state media reported Sunday, a day before Seoul and Washington begin their largest joint military drills in five years. The decision was made at a meeting of the ruling party’s military commission presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, according to the official Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-adopts-war-deterrence-measures-state-media-79925/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test. The Sarmat — dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts — is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is among Russia’s next-generation missiles that Putin has described as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-says-sarmat-nuclear-missile-to-be-deployed-this-year-79896/

DefenceTalkRussian lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved the suspension of Moscow’s participation in the New START arms treaty, which President Vladimir Putin announced a day earlier. New START, the last nuclear arms control pact between Russia and the United States, commits them to limiting their stockpile of nuclear warheads. The backing by both chambers of Russia’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-deputies-back-putin-over-nuclear-arms-treaty-79888/

DefenceTalkThe United States said Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world’s two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Responding to a request from Congress, the State Department faulted Russia for suspending inspections and canceling talks but did not accuse Moscow […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-russia-not-complying-with-last-remaining-nuclear-treaty-79805/

DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia could amend its military doctrine by introducing the possibility of a preemptive strike to disarm an enemy, in an apparent reference to a nuclear attack. He spoke in response to a question from a reporter who asked him to clarify his statement from earlier this week on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-says-russia-could-adopt-preemptive-strike-concept-79663/

DefenceTalkRussia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday the country was ramping up production of new-generation weapons to protect itself from enemies in Europe, the United States and Australia. “We are increasing production of the most powerful means of destruction. Including those based on new principles,” Medvedev said on messaging app Telegram. “Our enemy dug in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-ramping-up-production-of-most-powerful-weapons-medvedev-79654/

DefenceTalkMarshall Islands officials say they are ready to resume talks with the United States this week on renewing a long-standing economic and security deal, provided Washington addresses grievances stemming from the testing of nuclear weapons on the Pacific archipelago more than 70 years ago. The United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pacific-nuclear-legacy-overshadows-us-talks-in-marshall-islands-79579/

DefenceTalkThe United States intends for its nuclear arsenal to deter “all forms of strategic attack,” including those involving conventional weapons, the Pentagon said in a strategy document released on Thursday. “This includes nuclear employment of any scale, and it includes high-consequence attacks of a strategic nature that use non-nuclear means,” a senior defense official told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-atomic-arms-to-deter-conventional-as-well-as-nuclear-attacks-79546/