Nukes

The following is an excerpt from The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb, by Sam Kean. The book is out today and can be purchased here. In 1944 the long-discussed plan to kidnap Werner Heise…

Enlarge/ ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JULY 6, 2019: A Russian Navy officer by a grave during a funeral of the 14 Russian Navy officers killed by the July 1 fire on a deep-water research submersible in the Barents Sea, at the Serafimovskoye cemetery. 4 with 4 pos…

(Repeats with additional links to other stories, text unchanged) * Steps could unravel major achievements of 2015 pact * Iran calls UK seizure of ship "piracy, pure and simple" * IAEA still studying whether Iran has breached uranium limit By Babak Dehghan…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s energy minister described as moderate on Sunday an announced increase of Iranian uranium enrichment but accused Tehran of breaking out of internationally agreed limitations on its nuclear projects and moving towards a potential …

(Reuters) - Iran says it has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, a move which ultimately could lead to the return of all international sanctions on Tehran. Most U.N. sanctions were removed in January 20…

WASHINGTON (AP) With North Korea, President Donald Trump puts on the charm. But with Iran, he cranks up the pressure with economic sanctions and a stronger military presence in the Persian Gulf. He has warned its leaders they are "playing with fire." Nuclear…

If you havent seen HBOs Chernobyl mini-series yet, you absolutely should. While the TV show has its fair share of inaccuracies, it still superbly retells a tragic tale of what happens when political and ideological interests overshadow public safety. As s…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will enrich uranium above 3.67% fissile purity, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday, if European countries fail to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. The 3.67% level is that deemed suitable f…

Minimizing the chance of war is nothing to scoff at. Shortly before becoming president, Donald Trump received a stark message from the man he would soon replace, Barack Obama: North Korea would be the biggest foreign policy challenge facing the new administra…

A decade ago, the Obama administration conducted a highly classified cyberattack, code-named Olympic Games, at the Natanz enrichment site. The breach neutralized Irans centrifuges, which spin at supersonic speeds to enrich uranium, and destroyed about 1,000 o…