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We could nuke ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act fast, new study warns Nuclear Weapons

We could nuke ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 before it hits the moon — if we act fast, new study warns

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth when it flies by in 2032, but there's a small chance it will collide with our moon. A new study looks into the options for deflecting, or destroying it. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen via Getty Images) Scientists are considering…
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September 23, 2025
‘Will only be viable if the US…’: Putin proposes conditional one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty Nuclear Weapons

‘Will only be viable if the US…’: Putin proposes conditional one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty

Russian President Putin on Monday proposed a one-year extension of the New START treaty — the last remaining arms control agreement between the US and Russia — as both sides remain at odds over geopolitical issues, including the ongoing war in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed a…
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September 22, 2025
North Korea can talk to US if it stops insisting on denuclearisation, Kim says, Asia News Nuclear Weapons

North Korea can talk to US if it stops insisting on denuclearisation, Kim says, Asia News

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said there is no reason to avoid dialogue with the US if Washington stops insisting his country give up nuclear weapons but he will never trade away the nuclear arsenal to be free of sanctions, state media reported on Monday (Sept 22). In…
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September 22, 2025
Russia & Belarus practise launching Putin’s nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus, says Lukashenko Nuclear Weapons

Russia & Belarus practise launching Putin’s nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus, says Lukashenko

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said that Russia-Belarus ‘Zapad’ military drills involved practising the launch of Vladimir Putin’s nuclear weapons deployed in his country. Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State…
bubmag
September 16, 2025
Moscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus: Lukashenko Nuclear Weapons

Moscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus: Lukashenko

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State media quoted the Belarusian chief of staff as saying that the exercises also featured Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which it test-fired last year in…
bubmag
September 16, 2025
Netanyahu accuses Spain’s Sanchez of ‘genocidal threat’ after nuclear weapons comment Nuclear Weapons

Netanyahu accuses Spain’s Sanchez of ‘genocidal threat’ after nuclear weapons comment

Jerusalem Post / Diaspora / Antisemitism Netanyahu accuses Spain's Sanchez of ‘genocidal threat’ after nuclear weapons comment In his speech on Monday, Pedro Sanchez said "Spain, as you know, doesn’t have nuclear bombs, nor aircraft carriers, nor large oil reserves. We alone can’t stop the Israeli offensive." Spanish Prime Minister…
bubmag
September 11, 2025
Austrian Foreign Minister warns of rising nuclear risks, urges CTBT ratification Nuclear Weapons

Austrian Foreign Minister warns of rising nuclear risks, urges CTBT ratification

Vienna – Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger on Monday warned of rising nuclear risks and an “appalling crisis” in international affairs, calling for a “paradigm shift” away from nuclear weapons and urging remaining states to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Speaking at the opening of the CTBT’s Science and…
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September 9, 2025