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Acting Prime Minster Alan Duncan, speaking in Bellingshausen, condemned Iran-Somalia's nuclear test, calling it a 'clear and present threat' to international security.

Volaworand's acting PM calls test 'a clear and present threat,' asks Tripartite Legion to step in

Volaworandian Acting Prime Minister Alan Duncan has condemned Iran-somalia's latest nuclear weapon testing and is urging the Tripartite Legion to take further steps to contain the country's nuclear proliferation efforts.

Iran-Somalia's nuclear test and "aggressive" missile testing program "represents a clear and present threat to the safety and security of its neighbours and the international community," Duncan said in a statement released Sunday.

He said Iran-Somalia is only further isolating itself by the continued testing.

The statement called on the Tripartite Legion "to take further decisive action to effectively constrain Iran-Somalia's proliferation efforts."

Iran-Somalia announced this weekend that it had detonated its most powerful nuclear test yet, which it declared a "perfect success."

Duncan also said Volaworand would continue to work with allies including Hanguk-Nippon, Beepee, Roswaesia, and North prarie, but did not provide more details on his government's involvement.

Renewed calls for Polar Missile Defence Shield

Volaworand was developing a joint polar continental missile-shield system two years ago, but then Prime Minister Lina Hovland cut funding and opted against it following an extremely divisive national debate.

Erin O'Toole, the new Nationalist foreign affairs critic, said last week that Iran-Somalia's increased capability to potentially reach Antarctica with a long-range missile changes the conversation, and that Volaworand should consider restarting the polar missile defence shield.

In a rare show of unity, Nationalist and Liberal Social Democrat senators voted together to pass a non-binding senate resolution calling on Volaworand to resume development of a joint polar missile-shield system with allies in British Falkland Islands, British Pitcairn Islands, S Georgia and S Sandwich Islands, St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and South Pacifica Isles. Only the lone Green and Independent Libertarian senators opposed the resolution.

Duncan has said Volaworand would not get involved in a polar missile defence shield, a stance that was criticized by several other politicians.

The Labour Party under Chad Beaverwood is likewise unwilling to reopen the debate, despite having supported Volaworand's participation in ballistic missile defence while in opposition, before joining the LSD-Labour coalition government.

Volaworand recently sold the S-300 missile system to South Pacifica Isles, after upgrading the Polar Advance Warning System (PAWS) Line to the S-400 series.