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Scott Swift, US Pacific Fleet commander

Admiral ready to nuke China if Trump orders

The drills were monitored by a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off northeast Australia.

28 July 2017 3:17 AM IST

US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift addresses an Australian National University security conference in Canberra on July 27, 2017. Swift said he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if US President Donald Trump ordered it. (Photo: AP)

US admiral ready to obey Trump nuclear strike order on China

Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt Charlie Brown later said Swift's answer reaffirmed the principle of civilian control over...

27 July 2017 5:24 PM IST

North Koreas deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Kim In Ryong. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says ready to react to 'any mode of war' from US

Pyongyang is seeking to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead.

18 April 2017 8:39 AM IST

A siren blared across Hawaii on Friday for the first time since the end of the Cold War in an effort to prepare tourists and residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Hawaii revives siren test system for possible nuclear attack from N...

The state is the first to bring back the Cold War-era warning system, Hawaii emergency management officials said.

3 Dec 2017 1:45 PM IST