In April 2024, “Russia cast the only vote against the draft resolution that reaffirmed provisions in the Outer Space Treaty prohibiting the placement of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in space.” The vetoed resolution had been approved by the U.N.’s Fourth Committee. (The Fourth Committee is one of the main six committees of the U.N. General Assembly. It is tasked with, among other things, issues dealing with space.) This veto was particularly significant because the proposed resolution was the arms control equivalent of motherhood and apple pie. Thus, something incredibly significant must have driven such a decision.
Nuclear deterrence - those who will push us towards it should have a look at the straightforward consequences of their ill-considered decisions, to put it mildly, Lukashenko said
Polish President Andrzej Duda said his nation would be ready to host Western nukes, given Russia s decision to station intercontinental ballistic missiles in neighbouring Belarus late last year
Moscow claimed the ominous warning that Vladimir Putin wants to take out satellites is a malicious fabrication , but wouldn t go into details about any plan.
GOP Rep. Andy Ogles on Thursday demanded an investigation into his fellow Republican, Intel Chair Mike Turner, claiming he was reckless in firing off a warning about a national security threat.