The world's number of operational atomic warheads increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China, a new report out Wednesday said as nuclear tensions have risen since the war in Ukraine. The nine official and unofficial nuclear powers held 9,576 ready-to-use warheads in 2023 -- up from ...

Warfare is a constant phenomenon of human history. To ensure its survival, man has always endeavored to acquire more potent weapon systems. The Final year of World War-2 witnessed the advent of nuclear age when US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. This gave birth to a new debate in ...

WASHINGTON: China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, the United States has said, but Beijing on Thursday slammed the Pentagon report as overhyping the threat. The United States has declared China its principal security concern for the future, as Beijing works to ...

ISLAMABAD - The COVID-19 outbreak has not spared the American military affecting two of its aircraft carriers, several foreign bases, and at least 6,754 servicemen. The American military remains combat-ready and prepared to utilise its nuclear arsenal if the US ends up in a major armed conflict ...

JERUSALEM - Last Friday, Israel’s Defense Ministry laconically announced that it had carried a test launch link of a “rocket engine propulsion system.” Foreign reports claimed that the test was of a surface-to-surface Jericho missile. Though the Defense Ministry said that the test was ...

JERUSALEM - Last Friday, Israel’s Defense Ministry laconically announced that it had carried a test launch link of a “rocket engine propulsion system.” Foreign reports claimed that the test was of a surface-to-surface Jericho missile. Though the Defense Ministry said that the test was ...

*STOCKHOLM: *The overall number of nuclear warheads in the world has declined in the past year but nations are modernising their arsenals, a report published Monday on said. At the start of 2019, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea had a ...

RAWALPINDI - Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor has said Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is a deterrence tool to prevent wars in the region. In an interview with a Russian news agency, he said Pakistan holds the position that this capability eliminates the possibility of ...

Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor has said Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is a deterrence tool to prevent wars in the region. In an interview with a Russian news agency, he said Pakistan holds the position that this capability eliminates the possibility of conventional war. No sane ...

*AMRITSAR - * Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday cautioned that Pakistan would not hesitate to use its nuclear arsenal if it felt it was losing out against India in a conventional battle. Refusing to comment on the casualty figure in the Indian Air Force strikes on a terror camp ...