The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), otherwise known to the world as North Korea has indicated its willingness to go to the fifth round of the six-party multilateral nuclear talks in Beijing in November 2005 as it had promised. However, the green signal came with a accusation that the United States has been using words and deeds contrary to the joint statement issued in September this year.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has warned that the country would resume enriching uranium and restrict United Nations inspectors from critical information if the United States and its allies used the "language of threat" by referring Iran to the Security Council. The negotiator's threat came as a confidential draft resolution circulated at the governing board of the global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Strategic Forces Command of India, which forms part of the country’s Nuclear Command Authority, is responsible for managing and administrating strategic and tactical nuclear arsenal. Commensurating with the recommendations on national security management, the SFC came into existence on January 4, 2003. While acknowledging the onerous tasks SFC was undertaking, more transparent measures have been recently declared to clear certain anomalies and create more transparency on aspects of India’s nuclear policy.
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North Korea announced in February 2005 that it had nuclear weapons, and as per reports Pyongyang has already amassed enough fissile material to make six to eight bombs. Now with satellite reports giving indications, few analysts feel that North Korean preparation is on to test the device in the immediate future.