Nukes

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Donald Trump has reportedly suggested on multiple occasions to senior officials that they tackle hurricanes threatening the U.S. by detonating nuclear bombs. Trump repeatedly suggested to s…

President Donald Trump is denying a report that he has suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes as a way of disrupting them before they make landfall in the United States. “I never said this,” Trump tweeted early Monday. “Just more FAKE NEWS!” The Pre…

Behold the President of the United States of America: "Trump suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them from hitting U.S." Axios: President Trump has suggested multiple times to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using…

Image copyrightPAImage caption Mr Trump reportedly made the suggestion during a meeting with top security officials A US agency says using nuclear weapons to destroy hurricanes "is not a good idea" after President Donald Trump reportedly made the suggestio…

Axios reported Sunday that President Donald Trump suggested “multiple times” that Homeland and national security officials explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from striking the United States. During one hurricane briefing at the White House, Trump…

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the test-firing of a new weapon, presumed to be a short-range ballistic missile. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure about North Korea's series of missile tests, but said he …

On Friday, an unusual kind of vessel set sail from the Arctic city of Murmansk, Russia, for a destination in the country’s far east––a floating nuclear power plant equipped with two reactors. The vessel, dubbed the Akademik Lomonosov, is set to travel about …

On Friday, an unusual kind of vessel set sail from the Arctic city of Murmansk, Russia, for a destination in the countrys far easta floating nuclear power plant equipped with two reactors. The vessel, dubbed the Akademik Lomonosov, is set to travel about 2,9…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, surface-to-air missile air defense system on Thursday, at a time of rising tension with the United States. Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone in the Gulf wi…

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the international community on Tuesday to work out how to stop Iran from being "unshackled to create new turmoil" when a United Nations arms embargo on the country and …