Nuclear Terrorism
1998 nuke tests ensured 'credible minimum deterrence', says Pak PM Sharif
Commemorating the 26th anniversary of Pakistan's first successful nuclear tests, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said it encapsulates the arduous yet remarkable path of the country towards establishing a "credible minimum deterrence. Pakistan conducted six nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, inside a deeply dug tunnel in the remote Chaghi mountain of Balochistan province, as a tit-for-tat response to India's nuclear tests in the same month at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. Pakistan's nuclear tests, state-run Radio Pakistan, said was conducted in response to the regional security dynamics and one that ensured that Pakistan's defence capabilities were robust and credible. Pakistan became the seventh nuclear nation in the world and the first Muslim state in 1998 having the nuclear arsenal in its defence stockpile to exercise deterrence. Designated as Youm-e-Takbeer, translated as the day of greatness' or the day of God's greatness', and observed annually with national zeal
 "1998 nuke tests ensured 'credible minimum deterrence', says Pak PM Sharif")
'Suspicious' blackout strikes Iran's Natanz nuclear facility: Report
As Iranian officials investigated the outage, many Israeli media outlets offered the similar assessment that a cyberattack darkened Natanz and damaged a facility that is home to sensitive centrifuges
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Nuclear terrorism an international threat, says S Jaishankar
He added that it should not serve national strategy and pitched for a global response in this regard
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Three-day global initiatives to combat nuclear terrorism starts in Delhi
In past ten years, it has grown to 86 partner nations and five official observer organisations
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