The New York Times reported last week that some unidentified Western officials had suggested that US President Joe Biden could give Ukraine nuclear weapons.
The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine comes after a reported decision by US administration to allow Ukraine to fire American long-range missiles deep into Russia.
Moscow's existing doctrine says that Russia may use nuclear weaponry in event of nuclear attack or attack threatening its existence. It has accused the West of using Ukraine as proxy against Russia.
MIRVing permits a single missile to carry several warheads that can be aimed at multiple targets several hundred kilometres apart. It comes with pros and cons.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that US had proposed separating the two issues & resuming talks between the two nations, which hold by far the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.
India & Pakistan expanding nuclear arsenals, both continued developing new types of delivery systems in 2022, says Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute report.
In The Bomb, The Bank, The Mullah and The Poppies, Iqbal Chand Malhotra analyses how Pakistan innovatively used a dodgy bank, poppy cultivation & trade to fund its nuclear programme.
The remark appears aimed at the Ohio-class US nuclear-powered submarine which arrived at a port in Busan earlier this week, as reported by local state media KCNA.
The U.S. State Department denounced the deployment plan, but said Washington had no intention of altering its position on strategic nuclear weapons or seen any signs from Russia.
The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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