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...author’s Nobel Prize lecture, which discusses the worth of nuclear weapons, suggests that the strength of nuclear weapons comes from their storage, and not their use. North Korea, for example, can gain more from stockpiling its arsenal than it can from bombing a peaceful country. Countries with nuclear weapons should ideally use them to put pressure on other countries rather than explode them and run the risk of retaliation, writes Schelling. He also wonders how America’s changing view of nuclear weapons will affect its use of them. It would have been nice...
...critical to the survival of Kim's regime: some 90% of Pyongyang's daily oil supply and just under half its food imports come from China. Although the U.S. believes that tightening the financial squeeze on Pyongyang is necessary to persuade Kim to abandon his newly tested nuclear arsenal, Beijing fears that a cutoff in aid would bring about the collapse of the North's economy, touch off civil unrest and lead to an influx of millions of poor, hungry refugees on its borders. In response to Kim's test on Oct. 9, the U.N. Security Council demanded that North...
...critical to the survival of Kim's regime: some 90% of Pyongyang's daily oil supply and just under half its food imports come from China. Although the U.S. believes that tightening the financial squeeze on Pyongyang is necessary to persuade Kim to abandon his newly tested nuclear arsenal, Beijing fears that a cutoff in aid would bring about the collapse of the North's economy, touch off civil unrest and lead to an influx of millions of poor, hungry refugees on its borders. In response to Kim's test on Oct. 9, the U.N. Security Council demanded that North...
...defensive front will be important,” Tiger coach Roger Hughes said. “We have a very tall order in trying to defend Dawson and their list of great receivers, headed up by [Corey] Mazza, and a quarterback who can make plays. They have a great arsenal of weapons. I think the best analogy is they are a gun loaded with eight bullets...
Britain Israel Unconfirmed arsenal Iran Suspected program Pakistan Russia...