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1 month, 1 week ago

Is Ukraine 'months away' from building a nuclear bomb?

Recent reports claim Ukraine could develop a basic nuclear bomb within months, using material from its existing power plants if Western support dwindles. However, officials have strongly denied these allegations, with foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi reaffirming, ‘we do not possess, develop, or intend to acquire nuclear weapons’ Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts as he attends a press conference during …

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2 months, 1 week ago

The alarming numbers behind North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal

The Independent

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9 months ago

The MIRV leap that fires up India’s nuclear deterrence

The Hindu

The Agni-5 ballistic missile test dubbed the “Divyastra”, that was conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, is strategically consequential. China is building ballistic missile defences such as the Hongqi ground-based ballistic missile interceptors, which have been tested, but their capacity to intercept Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles such as the Agni-5 is still suspect. Ballistic missile defences paired to …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Day after Putin's nuke war warning, Russia tests nuclear ballistic Yars missile

Hindustan Times

Russia's defence ministry announced a successful test fire of a Yars intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile on Friday, reported news agency TASS. FILE PHOTO: A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Oppenheimer and nuclear energy: Is the world moving away from this power source?

India Today

With the release of Christopher Nolan’s biographical film “Oppenheimer”, the awesome power of nuclear energy is once again under the spotlight. Solar is now overpowering nuclear Nuclear energy had a great beginning in the early sixties, followed by the golden era for nuclear power around the 1970s, when maximum nuclear reactors were constructed and commissioned. This means that solar energy …

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1 year, 8 months ago

North Korea unveils new nuclear warheads: How the country has expanded its arsenal

Firstpost

North Korea has unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads, which it says can be mounted on short-range missiles. Reuters reported citing North Korean state news agency KCNA on Tuesday that the country has also pledged to manufacture more weapons-grade nuclear material to enlarge its arsenal. The pictures of these warheads, called Hwasan-31s, were released by KCNA as North Korea’s leader Kim …

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2 years ago

Ukraine provides evidence of dummy warhead fired by Russia using nuclear-capable missile

The Independent

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2 years ago

China could have 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035: Pentagon report

CNN

CNN — China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads has surpassed 400 in a fraction of the time previously estimated by the United States, a major Pentagon report revealed, with Beijing focusing on accelerating its nuclear expansion as it seeks to challenge the US as the world’s top super power. The world’s most populous country is using its burgeoning military as one …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: The world nuclear club

Al Jazeera

While 32 countries generate atomic energy, nine have nuclear weapons and seven countries have both. Global nuclear energy Nuclear energy provides roughly 10 percent of the world’s electricity. As of 2020, just 5 percent of Japan’s electricity came from nuclear power, according to the World Nuclear Association. Nuclear warheads per country Nine countries possessed roughly 13,150 warheads as of August …

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4 years, 2 months ago

How China has been upping its nuclear arsenal while preaching peace to the world