Nukes

The United States and South Korea have reached a significant agreement aimed at addressing the North Korean nuclear threat. Known as the Washington Declaration, this deal involves periodic deployments of nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea by the US and includes Seoul in its nuclear planning operations. In return, South Korea…

Air-launched ballistic missile that can reach speeds of up to Mach 10 is capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads. Published On 6 May 20236 May 2023 Ukraine says it downed a Russian hypersonic missile over the capital Kyiv using a newly acquired US Patriot defence system in what would…

A nuclear missile launcher crashed into a road safety barrier in St. Petersburg, Russia, while en route to a rehearsal of a military parade on Thursday, according to local media reports. The Iskander tactical missile system crashed while it was being transported to the center of the city for rehearsal…

Speed Reads Cigarette giant was accused of indirectly funding Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme The world’s second-largest tobacco company has agreed to pay $635m (£510m) in fines plus interest after a subsidiary admitted violating sanctions by selling cigarettes to North Korea. The US had imposed “severe sanctions” on North Korea in recent…

President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol stand as their two country's national anthems are played during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. AP PHOTO WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon…

 For the first time since the 1980s a US Navy nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will visit South Korea to help demonstrate Washington's resolve to protect the country from a North Korean attack. The visit was announced in a joint declaration during a summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk…

President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo / AP President Joe Biden and South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat, with the US leader issuing a blunt warning that such an attack would “result in the end…

By RNZ A new report has revealed Tonga’s underwater volcano disaster triggered waves up to 90 metres high. The University of Miami and the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation report states the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcano last year was more powerful than the largest US nuclear…

Topline Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday met South Korean officials in Seoul to discuss trade, nuclear weapons and strengthening ties with the U.S. on the second stage of a foreign trip widely viewed as an effort to bolster his diplomatic credentials ahead of an expected presidential run. Florida Governor…

• Be onboard a WWII submarine when, all of sudden, they spot a torpedo heading directly for them. • Be onboard a missile carrying nuclear submarine when they get the order to go to Battle Stations Missile. What goes through their mind – is their world about to end as…