South Korea on Friday indicated it would receive a delivery of 69 Patriot missiles seized by Finland this week, the Korea Herald reported (see GSN, Dec. 22).

Authorities at Finland's Kotka seaport took control of the interceptors and 160 (Read more...)

A deal for the United States to deploy ballistic missile interceptors in Romania formally took effect on Friday, the U.S. State Department announced (see GSN, Dec. 16).

The antimissile assets would be fielded in 2015 at the Deveselu Air (Read more...)

Russia on Friday test-fired two Bulava ballistic missiles that operated as anticipated, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Dec. 16).

“The Yuri Dolgoruky nuclear-powered strategic submarine performed the last test launch of the year from a submerged position on Friday in (Read more...)

China and South Korea have agreed to press for the quick resumption of the six-party negotiations on North Korean denuclearization, United Press International reported on Friday (see GSN, Dec. 22).

The South's lead nuclear negotiator, Lim Sung-nam, spoke in (Read more...)

The International Atomic Energy Agency's top monitoring official is expected to join talks early next month on sending a high-level delegation to the Middle Eastern nation, Iran's lead representative at the U.N. organization said on Thursday (see GSN, Dec. (Read more...)

The United States has carried out 16 audits of Russian nuclear sites under a bilateral strategic arms treaty that took effect in February, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller wrote in a commentary published on Thursday by The Hill (Read more...)

The seventh review conference for the Biological Weapons Convention ended on Thursday with a call for all member states to demonstrate their adherence to the accord's rules, the United Nations announced (see GSN, Dec. 7).

Participating states agreed to (Read more...)

Libya could face problems protecting 6,400 drums of unrefined uranium "yellowcake" against accidents or seizure over an extended period, prompting the International Atomic Energy Agency to press calls for the material to be sold and shipped abroad, the U.N. chief (Read more...)

By Lee Michael Katz

Special to Global Security Newswire

WASHINGTON -- Expanding instability in the Middle East is a matter “we ought to be watching with some concern” for the possible proliferation of biological or chemical weapons, according to a (Read more...)

By Elaine M. Grossman

Global Security Newswire

WASHINGTON -- An annual U.S. defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2012 has cut $25 million from a program aimed at developing a conventional capability to attack faraway targets on short notice (see GSN (Read more...)