Nukes

Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW, June 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia's new generation of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads, would soon be deployed for combat duty. In a speech to new graduates of military academies,…

Author of the article: The Associated Press Hyung-jin Kim And Kim Tong-hyung Published Jun 15, 2023  •  Last updated Jun 16, 2023  •  2 minute read SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea on Friday,…

UKRAINE’S energy sector is under attack. Kyiv power stations have been targeted by cruise missiles, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has been breached and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under Russian occupation. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd...Read More

The best laid Belt and Road plans of Chinese President Xi Jinping are now going awry in Ukraine. Green energy and the technologies that were to fuel it, along with the ecological and global warming fixes that came with it, were once Beijing’s calling cards to the European Union and…

Christopher Nolan has opened up about recreating a nuclear explosion without the use of CGI for his new movie Oppenheimer. The upcoming thriller stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons. The movie depicts the landmark Trinity test, when Oppenheimer and…

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Five years, that's how long it's been since the U.S. walked away from the nuclear deal with Iran. Well, ask Iran's foreign minister about the prospects for a new deal with the U.S., and here's what you'll hear. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) HOSSEIN AMIR-ABDOLLAHIAN: (Through…

ISLAMABAD: The nation is fervently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test which marked a significant milestone, granting Pakistan invincible defense capabilities and contributing to regional stability through power equilibrium. Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices underground in remote hills in Balochistan on May 28, 1998, and an additional…

By Editorial Dept - May 26, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iran’s response to an Israeli threat to take unspecified action against Tehran’s nuclear program was to test-launch a ballistic missile on Thursday, demonstrating a 2,000-km range and capable of carrying a 1,500-kg warhead. Tehran is keen…

TEL AVIV — Israeli security chiefs have become especially worried recently, not only over Iran’s moves to enrich uranium, but also on Tehran's rapidly growing capabilities to launch a military nuclear attack.  Even in amid speculation about a US push to forge a historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia,…

Iran unveiled on Thursday what it dubbed the latest iteration of its liquid-fueled Khorramshahr ballistic missile amid wider tensions with the West over its nuclear program. Authorities showed off the Khorramshahr-4 to journalists at an event in Tehran, with the missile on a truck-mounted launcher. Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad Reza…