weapons

USA: DoD´s seeks to bolster weapons production speed and scale

Published on: January 11, 2024
15:22

Washington, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) With a central focus on the growing threat from China’s emergence as a “global industrial powerhouse,” the Defense Department’s “first of its kind” National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) is focused on increasing the ability of domestic companies to more rapidly produce weapon systems in greater quantities to ensure the US military’s edge in any future conflict.

Kim Jong Un visits weapons factories

Published on: January 10, 2024
14:34

Pyongyang, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, visited several important armaments factories early this week.

Cuba backs up nuclear weapon erradication at the NPT meeting

Published on: November 27, 2023
17:25

United Nations, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The danger posed by nuclear weapons can only disappear with their total eradication, in a transparent, verifiable and irreversible manner, Cuba's First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver assured on Monday.

Syria accuses Israel of State Terrorism (+Photo)

Published on: November 5, 2023
12:43

Damascus, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Government on Sunday rejected the statements made by one of the ministers of the Israeli Government on the possibility of attacking Gaza with an atomic bomb, and described them as State Terrorism.

Cuba calls for cessation of nuclear weapons

Published on: October 6, 2023
17:29

United Nations, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reiterated on Friday as a top priority for the UN the need for nuclear disarmament with strict adherence to multilateralism, the goals and principles of the UN Charter and International Law.

Cuban Foreign Minister has busy bilateral program at UN (+Photos)

Published on: September 27, 2023
00:01

United Nations, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Tuesday consolidated his country's ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Indonesia, as part of his busy bilateral agenda at the United Nations.

United Kingdom will train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers

Published on: September 25, 2023
00:30

London, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) The United Kingdom plans to train up to 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers before the end of this year, according to Minister of Defense Grant Shapps, who was quoted by local television.

Russia destroys Ukrainian aviation weapons depot

Published on: August 28, 2023
12:43

Moscow, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Navy destroyed, with a group attack with high-precision and long-range weapons from the sea, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian aviation, Ministry of Defense Spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced Monday.

New incident adds more bad news on police in Peru

Published on: August 17, 2023
07:49

Lima, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The news of the arrest of five uniformed officers for firing their weapons into the air at the funeral service of a colleague, a rite typical of criminal gangs, worsened the image of the Peruvian police.

Arms supply to Ukraine prolongs conflict

Published on: August 10, 2023
10:18

Bratislava, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Further arming Ukraine only prolongs the conflict and does not contribute to its solution, the head of the opposition Smer party, former Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, said on Thursday.

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