Tactical Nuclear Weapons

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  Kim Jong Un Deploys 250 Ballistic Missiles On North Korea's South Border

  The olive green mobile launchers were displayed during a special "transferring" ceremony in the capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. The missile launchers were an "up-to-date tactical attack weapon" said Kim.

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  Explained: Why Russia Is Holding Nuclear Exercises And What To Watch For

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States.

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  "Nothing Unusual" About Tactical Nuclear Weapons Drill, Says Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia along with ally Belarus.

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  "Putin Threat Of Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons Real," Says Joe Biden

  US President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing it.

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  Tactical Nuclear Weapons' Deployment In Belarus Is Not Time-Limited: Russia

  The deployment is Moscow's first move of such warheads - shorter-range less powerful nuclear weapons that could potentially be used on the battlefield - outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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  Putin Says First Russian Nuclear Weapons Delivered To Belarus As Planned

  President Vladimir Putin said Russia has delivered its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, three months after announcing the plan that threatens to ratchet up tensions with the US and its allies over the war in Ukraine.

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  "We've Received Missiles, Bombs": Belarus Takes Delivery Of Russian Nukes

  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 194

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  Explained: Putin's Plan To Deploy Russian Nuclear Weapons In Belarus

  Russian President Vladimir Putin in March announced a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Moscow's first move of such warheads outside Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.

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  Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons To Be Deployed In Belarus "In Few Days"

  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that Russian tactical nuclear weapons would be physically deployed on the territory of Belarus "in several days" and that he had the facilities to host longer-range missiles too if ever needed

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  Putin Says Russia Will Deploy Nuclear Weapons In Belarus In July

  Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7-8, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday in a meeting in Sochi.

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  "Before Blaming Others...": Russia Slams US Criticism Over Nuclear Weapons

  Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from US President Joe Biden over Moscow's plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such nuclear weapons in Europe.

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  Russia Begins Deployment Of Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Belarus

  Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were already on the move, in the Kremlin's first deployment of such bombs outside Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.

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  Russia Won't Change Plans On Deploying Nuclear Weapons In Belarus: Kremlin

  The Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus.

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  Ukraine Says Russia Holding Belarus As "Nuclear Hostage"

  Kyiv on Sunday said Russia was holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage" after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.

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  Russia Will Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Belarus, Says Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus.