Tag: WMD
Could Libya’s nuclear pledge be a template for North Korea?
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has called for North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal in a deal that mirrors...
ISS: African parliaments lead the continent’s fight against weapons of mass...
On 18 February, Moroccan police reportedly found chemical or biological agents while raiding a ‘safe house' linked to Daesh in the province...
ISS: Time for a new roadmap to nuclear disarmament?
Seventy years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is no closer to an unequivocal commitment to abolishing nuclear weapons.
The...
Austria, backed by 159 nations, calls for ban on nuclear weapons
Austria on Tuesday called for banning nuclear weapons because of their catastrophic humanitarian effects, an initiative it said now has the backing...
Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence...
Stratfor: Dirty bombs revisited – Combating the hype
As STRATFOR has noted for several years now, media coverage of the threat posed by dirty bombs runs in a perceptible cycle...
World leaders meet on nuclear terrorism threat
World leaders including South African President Jacob Zuma meet in Washington today for the biggest summit hosted by the United States since...
Obama praises SA on nuclear disarmament
US President Barack Obama has praised South Africa for voluntarily dismantling its nuclear weapons programme during a meeting with South African President...
Military Health Service fixing ambulance fleet, to acquire 4 field hospitals
The South African Military Health Service is replacing obsolete equipment, vehicles and ambulances. Since the 2008/9 financial year the life-saving service has...
SA issues cryptic statement on N Korean arms seizure
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has issued a cryptic statement confirming the seizure of an illegal shipment of North...
COMPANY NEWS
SANDF missing the communication target
Former defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on a number of occasions said words to the effect South Africans have to decide what...
