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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One hundred international political, military, business, and civic leaders from across political lines launched a new initiative in Paris on Tuesday to eliminate nuclear weapons globally to combat the threat of proliferation and nuclear terrorism. Called Global Zero, the initiative will combine high-level policy work with global public outreach to achieve a binding agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons through phased and verified...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. plans to develop some of its strategic weapons could be destabilizing and dangerous since they could lower the threshold of military response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Lavrov, speaking on national security to the lower house of parliament, also denied foreign reports that Russian military power was in decline. "Such findings try to fit reality to what people want to think," he said, quoted by Interfax news agency. Lavrov, echoing...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is seeking congressional approval for development of a new weapon able to strike distant targets an hour after they are detected, a newspaper reported on Monday. The International Herald Tribune said the weapon would be a non-nuclear version of the submarine-launched Trident-2 missile and be part of a president's arsenal when considering a pre-emptive attack. The report quoted military officials as saying it could be used to hit terrorist camps,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov warned the United States on Tuesday against any change of its defense doctrine to allow pre-emptive use of atomic weapons, saying it would prompt others to seek nuclear arms. A draft revision of the U.S. Defense Department's nuclear operations doctrine was made available at the weekend, outlining the use of nuclear weapons to pre-empt an enemy's attack with weapons of mass destruction. "Lowering the threshold for use of atomic...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department has written a draft revision of its nuclear operations doctrine that outlines the use of nuclear weapons to pre-empt an enemy's attack with weapons of mass destruction, according to a copy of the document available online on Saturday. The draft "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations," dated March 15, revised the "discussion of nuclear weapons use across the range of military operations." According to the document, combatant commanders...