Nukes

A woman brings out her two dogs to evacuate from the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, on Oct. 25.DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images Russia on Tuesday took its case to the UN Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by…

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Russian businessmen at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 24 February 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / ALEKSEY NIKOLSKYI / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN / POOL) Washington and other Western countries have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of plotting to escalate action in Ukraine based on a…

Kyiv, Ukraine, in darkness due to energy conservation efforts following Russian attacks on infrastructure. Photo: Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Fears of a radioactive "false flag" have sparked a rare flurry of phone calls between Washington and Moscow and between the U.S. and its allies as they warn the…

VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog is preparing to send inspectors in the coming days to two Ukrainian sites at Kyiv’s request, it said on Monday, in an apparent reaction to Russian claims that Ukraine could deploy a so-called dirty bomb, which Ukraine denies. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s announcement…

Russia has engaged in an unusual burst of contact with the West's three nuclear powers to raise baseless claims about a dirty bomb plot in Ukraine, amid fears of further escalation. In the past 48 hours, Vladimir Putin's defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, has spoken to his respective counterparts in the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 23. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday criticized Israel and suggested that Russia will help Iran with its nuclear program in exchange for providing Moscow with drones and missiles for its war in Ukraine. Why it matters: Ukraine has asked…

The bomb pulse, though, isn't constant. "In the 13 years that above-ground tests were conducted, the relative amount of 14C in the atmosphere almost doubled the normal level," Holland explains. "Viewed on a longitudinal chart, the total amount of 14C present in the atmosphere shows a dramatic pulse in late…

India on Friday successfully tested a ballistic missile fired from its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, the defence ministry said, in a boost for its growing strike capabilities. The test of India's "nuclear deterrence capability" makes it one of six countries -- alongside the United States, Britain, Russia, France and China…

October 1962 is widely known as a period of time when nuclear tensions were heightened during the Cuban Missile Crisis; however, many have wondered if tensions are the same now amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. During a nearly two-week period in October 1962, the world appeared to…

A NATO nuclear exercise with warplanes that can drop atomic bombs will take place from next week over the United Kingdom, the North Sea and Belgium, the alliance has said. The annual training - called Steadfast Noon - is going ahead despite escalating tensions with Russia over fears President Vladimir…