Washington: Asserting that the US is ready with all its contingency plans to defend itself and its allies from any misadventure from North Korea, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has warned that the isolated nation was "skating very close to a dangerous line."
"North Korea has been, with its bellicose rhetoric, with its actions, skating very close to a dangerous line," said Hagel with Army Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "Their actions and their words have not helped defuse a combustible situation."
The statement came as reports said that North Korea has positioned two mobile missile launchers on the country's east coast. "We have every capacity to deal with any action that North Korea would take to protect this country and the...
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11:15 AM, Apr 11, 2013
North Korea upping its war rhetoric, has said on Wednesday that it is cutting a key military hotline with South Korea in response to new UN sanctions, which was its only formal channel of communication with the South. This comes a day after North Korea reportedly readied its military units, tasked with targeting the US. ...
11:30 AM, Mar 28, 2013
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States. ...
02:50 AM, Mar 08, 2013
North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests in 2013 in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks with Pyongyang, said a source with direct knowledge of the message. Further tests could also be accompanied in 2013 by another rocket launch, said the source who has direct access to the top levels of government...
08:24 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Nagpur: Former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday revealed that former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao had asked him to make preparations for nuclear tests, which were subsequently conducted (at Pokhran) during the NDA government, headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Kalam was addressing the probationers at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) here. The former President said that in May 1996, he had received a call from Narasimha...
07:19 PM, Dec 06, 2011
United Nations: In a reference to countries like India, US and Pakistan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said states that have not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty should do so "as a matter of priority" as voluntary moratoriums are not enough to ensure a global ban on nuclear testing. In his message on the occasion of 'International Day Against Nuclear Tests', Moon said "we urgently need new progress...
09:27 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Success of Pokharan II nuclear test is not in doubt, says eminent scientist. ...
08:23 PM, Dec 13, 2009
Prime Minister on Tuesday said India is proud of its non-proliferation record. ...
12:36 PM, Sep 29, 2009
Kakodkar was Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1998. ...
05:41 PM, Sep 24, 2009
More controversy is surrounding the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests. ...
01:08 PM, Sep 18, 2009
Gen VP Malik, the victor of Kargil, speaks on
Devil's Advocate. ...
10:02 PM, Sep 06, 2009
Homi Sethna says APJ Abdul Kalam is no authority on nuclear explosions. ...
10:27 AM, Sep 01, 2009
Controversy created by scientist's statement needless: Singh. ...
04:27 PM, Aug 29, 2009
Kalam says the device tested in 1998 produced the design yield. ...
12:36 AM, Aug 28, 2009
Former National Security Advisor responds to scientist's claim. ...
03:11 PM, Aug 27, 2009
Officials said the next test will use enriched uranium. ...
06:06 PM, Feb 26, 2009
Dubai: After guiding Australia to a thrilling three-wicket win over West Indies in the first Test in Barbados, pacers Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris achieved their highest-ever bowling ratings in the ICC Test rankings. Man-of-the-Match Harris, who took 3 for 31 in the West Indies’ second innings, jumped five places to 16th in the rankings with 614 ratings points, the ICC said in a statement. Hilfenhaus, who played a crucial...
11:52 PM, May 11, 2008
On May 18, 1974 when India conducted its first nuclear tests in Pokharan. ...
12:48 PM, Aug 06, 2007
Nawaz Sharif has claimed he was offered money by the then US President Bill Clinton for not conducting nuclear tests in 1998. ...
10:49 PM, Apr 12, 2007
