NATO Breaks 19-Year Silence on Nuclear Deterrence as Allies Pledge Modernisation

NATO breaks 19-year silence on nuclear deterrence as allies pledge modernisation

NATO defence ministers have agreed to modernise the alliance's nuclear deterrence capabilities and strengthen planning expertise, following a meeting in Brussels on June 17-18.

NATO says alliance's strategic nuclear forces remain 'supreme guarantee' of allied security

Nuclear Planning Group agreed to continue enhancing nuclear deterrence mission

NATO issues first nuclear statement in message to Moscow

NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group has issued its first ministerial statement on the alliance’s nuclear deterrence mission since 2007, committing to modernise NATO’s nuclear capabilities and strengthen nuclear planning capacity, NATO has said. The group, the alliance’s senior body for nuclear deterrence matters, met at ministerial level in Brussels and agreed a statement recalling that the alliance’s strategic nuclear forces remain “the supreme guara…

NATO says it agrees to modernise nuclear capabilities

BRUSSELS, June 18 - NATO agreed on Thursday to modernise its nuclear capabilities and strengthen its nuclear planning capacity, the alliance's senior body for nuclear deterrence said in a statement. Read more at straitstimes.com.