Nukes

Plutonium-239 rained down from the atmosphere and settled in sediments across the planet. (Image credit: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)Nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and early 1960s left the first obvious and indelible marks of "overwhelming" human activity on Earth, and these events may signal the beginning of a new geological…

One windy night in March 2022, in the desert outside Belen, New Mexico, Cillian Murphy was waiting to climb a 100-foot steel tower, a copy of the one that held the first nuclear bomb ever detonated in 1945. The conditions were right for summoning the emotion of the historic scene…

Uranium processing in the St. Louis area played a pivotal role in developing the nuclear weapons that helped bring an end to World War II and provided a key defense during the Cold War. But the cost to the region has been staggering. Eight decades after Mallinckrodt Chemical Works first…

WASHINGTON: A US intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them. The assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released Monday says Iran has moved to increase its capacity to produce an…

Author of the article: Associated Press Matthew Lee Published Jul 10, 2023  •  2 minute read Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 11, 2023. A U.S. intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing…

Assessment from Office of Director of National Intelligence released Monday says Iran has moved to increase its capacity to produce an atomic bomb since 2020 but has stopped short of that so far The findings corresponded with previous U.S. assessments about Iran's nuclear program, although many in Congress and elsewhere…

Last Updated: July 11, 2023, 04:33 IST North Korea North Korea has sought to forge closer ties with the Kremlin and backed Moscow after it invaded Ukraine last year, blaming the hegemonic policy and high-handedness of the United States and the West. (Image: Reuters File) North Korea threatens to shoot…

HomeWorldNorth Korea Threatens To Down US Spy Planes Violating Its Airspace North Korea today threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula. A spokesperson for the North’s Ministry of National Defence said the…

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula. Issued on: 10/07/2023 - 08:07 1 min A file photo of a US Air…

Dmitry Medvedev has again railed at Joe Biden, disparaging the U.S. president's age, actions in Afghanistan and accusing him of "provoking nuclear Armageddon" with his support for Ukraine. Medvedev was president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 during the Obama administration, when Biden served as U.S. vice president. Now in…