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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an awards ceremony marking the National Unity Day at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Tuesday. Maxim Shipenkov/AFP/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal…

Protestors stand under hanging figures depicting the US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis Thousands of Iranians marked the 1979 storming of the…

What is Russia's doomsday missile and Khabarovsk? Russia has launched the nuclear-powered submarine Khabarovsk, built to carry the Poseidon nuclear drone, also known as the doomsday missile. The launch took place at Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk, marking a major step in Russia’s underwater defence program. The Russian Defence Ministry, President…

World For more than 30 years, major nuclear powers have refrained from testing nuclear bombs. But that streak may soon be over as Russia and the U.S. conduct missile tests and threaten to resume explosions of the most powerful weapons ever devised. Almost all countries stopped exploding nuclear bombs in…

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Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations The first USSR nuclear test "Joe 1" at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, 29 August 1949. Credit: CTBTO UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 2025 (IPS) - The lingering after-effects of nuclear tests by the…

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has ordered the military to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing after a gap of more than 30 years. He made the statement on his Truth Social platform, just before meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and days after denouncing Russia for testing…

For decades, the United States Navy's Ohio-class nuclear submarines were the best unused weapons in the U.S. arsenal. This is because the Ohio-class was designed for one purpose: to deliver its payload of 24 Trident II ballistic missiles in a nuclear war. Fortunately, they never fired any in anger, though…

Jerusalem Post / World News Iran rebuilding ballistic missile manufacturing capabilities with China's support - CNN Iran has purchased over 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate since the 12-Day War, enough to produce fuel for over 500 ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities. IRANIAN MISSILE is launched during a military exercise in…

October 28, 2025 4 min read Here’s How a Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Works Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed his nation conducted a successful flight of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here’s how that missile might work By Dan Vergano edited by Lee Billings Russian president Vladimir Putin (left) speaks with Valery…