Nukes

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently estimated that Russia has 4,477 nuclear warheads, of which 1,588 are deployed on ballistic missiles, on long-range bombers, or on submarines, ready to launch on a moment’s notice. Last week, Russian forces captured the Chernobyl site, presumably to open the highly contaminated “Chernobyl Exclusion…

VIENNA—The U.S. and Iran on Thursday were closing in on an agreement to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, although officials from both countries warned final issues still needed to be nailed down in the coming hours. After weeks of intense negotiations in Vienna involving the U.S. and Iran, and Britain,…

Seeking to avoid escalating nuclear tensions with Russia, the Biden Administration on Wednesday postponed a long-planned military test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The decision was a direct response to Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly directing Russia’s nuclear forces to go on a high alert status following his Feb.…

The first nuclear bomb meant to kill humans exploded over Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, a second bomb detonated over Nagasaki. The death toll for the two bomb blasts — an estimated 214,000 people — and destruction wrought by these weapons was unprecedented in the history of…

Either out of political desperation or military conceit, Vladimir Putin is playing the nuclear card in the crisis spawned by his invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s war has taken on global dimensions, even though the Ukrainians are the only ones fending off Russian forces on the ground. In Putin’s incendiary harangue…

Missiles hit a radioactive waste-disposal site in Kyiv, and an electrical transformer was damaged in a similar depot in Kharkiv, according to an email from the International Atomic Energy Agency...Read More

Sign Up For Our Daily Newsletters Front Page Podcast Commentary Question of the Day What do you think the Supreme Court leaker was hoping to accomplish? Story TOpics Ukrainian servicemen walk by a deactivated Russian military multiple rocket launcher on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russian…

Pyongyang blames US ‘hostility’ as experts warn of return to ‘vicious cycle of provocation and sanctions’. Published On 20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022 A meeting of the powerful politburo of North Korea’s ruling party, presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, has said that it will consider resuming “all temporarily…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will bolster its defences against the United States and consider resuming "all temporally-suspended activities", state news agency KCNA said on Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on tests of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Tension has been rising over a recent series of…

Published January 20, 2022 7:06am SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea would bolster its defenses against the United States and consider "restarting all temporally-suspended activities," state media KCNA reported Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on testing its nuclear bombs and long-range missiles. North Korean leader Kim Jong…