Japan to reveal secret U.S. pact
Washington Post - 1 hour 35 minutes agoDecades-old agreement allowed U.S. ships, aircraft to carry nuclear weapons on stopovers in Japan.
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Decades-old agreement allowed U.S. ships, aircraft to carry nuclear weapons on stopovers in Japan.
Six world powers have readied a resolution critical of Iran's nuclear program, diplomats said Tuesday, as Tehran suggested it was still ready to discuss a U.N.-backed plan meant to delay the Islamic Republic's ability to make a nuclear weapon.
TOKYO -- Japan's new government, already bickering with the United States about the location of a Marine air station on Okinawa, appears intent on revealing evidence of a decades-old secret pact between Tokyo and Washington that allowed U.S. ships and aircraft to carry nuclear weapons on stopover...
Barack Obama on Monday rolled out the first red-carpet welcome of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" in the 21st century.
Iran said Tuesday it was not prepared to ship most of its enriched stockpile out of the country, effectively rejecting a plan designed to delay its ability to build a nuclear weapon.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was welcomed to the White House this morning by President Barack Obama for a state visit where the two leaders will have discussions on curbing nuclear weapons, climate change and trade.
Mapping the impact of a nuclear weapon could help emergency responders plan for the worst.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to work with the U.S. in securing Afghanistan and curbing the spread of nuclear weapons the day before he was to be welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House at a state dinner.
It was Nov. 2. Five friends trudged four hours onto the nuclear weapons naval base at Kitsap-Bangor, Wash. Their destination: SWFPAC, the Strategic Weapons Facility-Pacific.
Iran has begun military exercises simulating a defense against any attack on its nuclear facilities. The United States and Israel have not ruled out a military option should negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program fail.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran said Tuesday it was ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil, to guarantee the West follows through with promises to give the fuel. The Iranian terms mean an effective rejection of a U.N.-brokered plan designed to delay its ability to build a nuclear weapon. Under the plan, Iran would export its uranium for ...
Washington - In yet another sign of the strong relationship emerging between the two countries, US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced initiatives on Tuesday to expand cooperatio...
Iran has until late September to respond to the latest international proposal aimed at stopping the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon.
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A leading arms control expert, George Perkovich says Iran's domestic political turmoil has seemingly caused it to back out of an agreement with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany to send its processed uranium out of the country.
Can the Right War Be Won? By Steven Simon , Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Foreign Affairs Article July/August 2009 Israel would regard any expansion of nuclear weapons capability within its region as an intolerable threat to its survival.