Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its promises under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after the start of talks on rescuing the accord. The United States had said Friday that it had offered ‘very serious’ ideas on reviving the accord but was waiting for Tehran … Read more
Looking for something cosmic for your next holiday? Then try a simulated space mission inside a former nuclear bunker near the Polish city of Pila that has been repurposed to mimic the International Space Station – and the surface of the Moon. The ex-military airport installation, once used to store SU-22 fighter-bombers, has been transformed into … Read more
The notion is horrendous to contemplate. A nuclear torpedo drone creeps along the ocean floor, slipping under coastal missile defences and detonating with catastrophic effect close to New York. A vast wall of water rises from the sea, tearing through the city, obliterating all in its wake and leaving the area flooded with toxic radioactivity. … Read more
Iran has done nothing to deserve a resumption of nuclear talks, Donald Trump’s former State Department spokesman said on Friday, as she attacked Joe Biden for agreeing to resume talks. U.S. and Iranian diplomats will take part on Tuesday in talks in Vienna about bringing Tehran into compliance with the controversial 2015 nuclear deal. The … Read more
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to take part in talks in Vienna next week in a bid to restore the nuclear agreement that was negotiated during the Obama Administration and abandoned by Obama’s successor Donald Trump. Officials from Tehran and Washington will travel to Vienna next week as part of efforts to revive the … Read more
Radioactive DIAMOND battery powered by nuclear waste ‘will run for 28,000 years’ and could go on sale by 2023 The nuclear battery is ‘safe for humans’ as it is enclosed in tamper proof material It works by using microscopic diamonds to move heat from radioactive isotopes The radioactive isotopes come from the waste products of … Read more
‘Hope it’s not a nuclear launch code’: US Strategic Command posts gibberish tweet before quickly deleting it sparking hacking fears and a deluge of mocking responses At around 8pm last night the military arm, which is responsible for protecting the United States from nuclear strikes, tweeted: ‘;l;;gmlxzssaw’ It sparked a lively debate over whether the … Read more
‘Bairns not bombs’: Nicola Sturgeon attacks Boris Johnson over plans to increase the UK’s nuclear weapons stockpile as she accuses of PM of once claiming Scots were ‘free-riding on English taxpayers’ in election campaign speech She blasted plans to potentially increase the UK’s atomic weapons stockpile The SNP has long campaigned to have nuclear weapons … Read more
A very cold war: Three Russian nuclear missile-carrying submarines surface in the Arctic Circle in fresh show of strength Three nuclear submarines simultaneously broke through Arctic ice and warplanes flew over the North Pole Russia, the US, Canada, Denmark and Norway have been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic Putin has beefed … Read more
Three Russian nuclear bomber air crew are killed when their ejector seats accidentally go off just before take-off The incident happened on Tuesday at the Shaikovka military airfield The Russian defence minister has confirmed the death of the three crew members The supersonic long range Tu-22M3 bomber was not thought to have been loaded with … Read more