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Nuclear Weapons

How Israel Literally Blew up Saddam Hussein’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Key point: Since no one else was going to act, Israel took matters into its own hands. It struck hard at where it thought Hussein was working on a nuclear weapon. In the late 1970s, it became clear to the international community that Iraq, under the despotic leadership of Saddam Hussein,…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Korean War

GM will help Washington state ventilator maker boost production to fight coronavirus

Chris Kiple, CEO of Ventec Life Systems, a ventilator manufacturer in Bothell, Washington, that has seen a large increase in demand since the coronavirus pandemic. / Reuters General Motors announced Friday evening it was joining with a Seattle-area medical d… Read More

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Elon Musk

A SpaceX VP cited Elon Musk’s ‘coronavirus panic is dumb’ tweet when telling concerned employees the office would stay open, a new report says

A mock up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft is displayed during a media tour of SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on August 13, 2018, in Hawthorne, California.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesSpaceX has not closed its facilities despite the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, BuzzFeed reported on Friday.Elon Musk, the company's…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

New York City

GM and Ventec Life Systems partner to ramp up production of ventilators

GM said Friday that it is working with Ventec Life Systems to help increase production of respiratory care products such as ventilators that are needed by a growing number of hospitals as the COVID-19 pandemics spreads throughout the U.S. The partnership is part of StopTheSpread.org, a coordinated effort of private…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea fires missiles amid coronavirus pandemic

The United States and China have repeatedly appealed for North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programmes North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said on…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Nukes

North Korea ‘fires two missiles’ in latest aggressive test

North Korea on Saturday fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, Seoul’s military said. The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Research stations established in South China Sea

PLA Daily Source: China Military Online Editor: Chen Lufan 2020-03-20 22:14:42 The Chinese Academy of Sciences has established two research stations on Yongshu and Zhubi islands in the South China Sea to allow scientists to live and conduct field studies on ecology, geology and environment. The Yongshu station already has…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

North Korea Nuclear Talks

North Korea Launches More Ballistic Missiles, Even During Pandemic

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea has test-fired what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said Saturday. The weapons were fired from North Pyongan province and traveled about 410 kilometers, at an altitude of about 50 kilometers, before splashing into the sea off North Korea’s east…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Elon Musk

Coronavirus and chloroquine: Has its use been approved in US?

Image copyright Reuters President Trump claims a drug used against malaria has been approved in the United States to treat the new coronavirus.Chloroquine is one of the oldest and best-known anti-malarial drugs. So is the president right and what is known about its effectiveness?Chloroquine has been around for decades. It's…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

Little Italy

Little Italy Farmer’s Market Gets Green Light to Reopen

It’s almost hard to remember what life was like before the dramatic and devastating events of the past week, but one aspect of normalcy is trying to return to the streets of San Diego. The Little Italy Mercato, the neighborhoods weekly Saturday and Wednesday farmer’s markets, are being reactivated to…

bubmagMarch 21, 2020

How Israel Literally Blew up Saddam Hussein’s Nuclear Weapons Program

GM will help Washington state ventilator maker boost production to fight coronavirus

A SpaceX VP cited Elon Musk’s ‘coronavirus panic is dumb’ tweet when telling concerned employees the office would stay open, a new report says

GM and Ventec Life Systems partner to ramp up production of ventilators

North Korea fires missiles amid coronavirus pandemic

North Korea ‘fires two missiles’ in latest aggressive test

Research stations established in South China Sea

North Korea Launches More Ballistic Missiles, Even During Pandemic

Coronavirus and chloroquine: Has its use been approved in US?

Little Italy Farmer’s Market Gets Green Light to Reopen

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