Nukes

At 0.016 seconds after the atomic detonation, the fireball was already hundreds of meters wide. The tiny squares to the left and right in this image are billboards 200 meters from the center of the explosion. Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the…

On a dark July morning in 1945, U.S. scientists and military personnel detonated the world's first nuclear bomb in a remote area of New Mexico. The blast unleashed the energy equivalent of 25,000 tons of TNT, completely vaporizing the bomb's drop tower and reducing the desert sand within a 1,000-foot…

Antonia Langford Daily Telegraph UK · 13 May, 2026 12:49 AM 3 mins to read The RS-28 Sarmat, nicknamed Satan II, was pictured soaring into the air above plumes of brown smoke. Photo / Russian Defence Ministry The RS-28 Sarmat, nicknamed Satan II, was pictured soaring into the air above…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin…

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It’s widely known that Israel has covert nuclear warheads, but the US has never officially acknowledged their existence. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) speaks during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on January 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images A group of Democrats in the House…

Jerusalem Post / Middle East / Iran News Khamenei vows to protect nuclear program, warns US over Gulf presence in written statement Khamenei reiterated that Iran will defend its nuclear and missile technologies, accusing the US of causing instability in the Persian Gulf and vowing to expel foreign forces. Follow…

TLDR Brent crude rose above $111 a barrel, with WTI near $106, up 12% this week Oil has surged more than 25% over the past two weeks as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed Iran’s Supreme Leader vowed to maintain control of the strait and protect nuclear and missile programs…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader said Thursday that the Islamic Republic will protect its “nuclear and missile capabilities” as a national asset, likely seeking to draw a hard line as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a wider deal to cement the war's shaky three-week ceasefire.…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader defiantly vowed Thursday to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war’s shaky ceasefire. In a statement read by…