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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Putin's secret space weapon: Kremlin's mysterious Cosmos 2553 satellite 'is fitted with dummy warhead' in 'forerunner to nuke that could wipe out rival spacecraft and cause chaos on Earth'

A mysterious Russian satellite soaring at the outer limits of orbit around the Earth has triggered fears that Moscow is developing a space-based platform to launch missiles - perhaps even nuclear weapons - to destroy untold numbers of vital satellites. The 'Cosmos 2553' satellite was blasted through the atmosphere atop a Soyuz-2 rocket from Russia 's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in February …

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1 month ago

Kremlin warns 'a collision between the nuclear powers' is imminent now the West is firing missiles into Russia in latest threat of WW3

Daily Mail

Russia has warned that British support for Ukraine could 'lead to a collision between nuclear powers' in a grave threat as President Vladimir Putin vowed to launch more hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine. A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being launched as part of nuclear deterrence forces drills in Russia on October 29, 2024 Putin has said he will fire …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Exclusive: Nato in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons

The Telegraph

Nato is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, the head of the alliance has said. Mr Stoltenberg said nuclear transparency should be the cornerstone of Nato’s nuclear strategy to prepare the alliance for what he described as a more dangerous world. “Transparency helps to communicate the direct message …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

US planning to station nukes in UK amid growing threat from Russia: Report

India Today

The US is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years amid growing fears of a war with Russia, The Telegraph reported, citing documents from the Pentagon. According to the US Defence Department documents, plans for a "nuclear mission" would take place "imminently" at RAF Lakenheath, where nuclear weapons were stationed during the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

US, South Korea, Japan begin anti-submarine drills ‘against North Korea’s growing underwater threats’

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Vladimir Putin has raised the nuclear threat. What capabilities does Russia have?

ABC

When Russia first invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin cautioned the West about his nuclear capabilities, ordering his nuclear forces be put on high alert. Dr Genauer said Mr Putin knew that using nuclear weapons would be a severe escalation and would be met in kind by Ukraine's Western allies. "Putin has been drawing on the threat of nuclear weapons almost …

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2 years, 9 months ago

How realistic is Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat?

Al Jazeera

Frustrated by a lack of military progress in Ukraine, the Russian president has put his country’s nuclear arms on high alert. Arguably frustrated by the lack of progress in his war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has put Russia’s deterrent weapons – including its nuclear arms – on alert. Closer to reality, Russia has over 2,400 strategic nuclear weapons, with …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia's nuclear 'deterrent force' has been put on 'high alert' by Putin, but what does that mean?

ABC

Not since the Cold War have nuclear weapons been used as a serious threat in a conflict between major powers. Mr Putin told his Defence Minister and the chief of the military’s general staff to put Russia's nuclear forces in a "special regime of combat duty". According to the US Congressional Research Service, Russia's nuclear forces consist of both long-range, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

China may have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030: Pentagon

The Hindu

China is sharply increasing its nuclear arsenal and could have up to 700 deliverable warheads by 2027 and at least 1,000 by 2030, as the Communist giant aims to surpass U.S. global power by the middle of the 21st century, the Pentagon has warned in a new report. The Pentagon's new estimate marks a dramatic increase from the projection reported …

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3 years, 1 month ago

US predicts China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030

Al Jazeera

Pentagon estimates China’s arsenal would be two-and-a-half times the size of what it predicted only a year ago. The new US report said China’s swift military modernisation aims to have the capability by 2027 to overcome any pushback to an effort to reclaim Taiwan, by pressure or military force. By 2027, the report says, China aims to have “the capabilities …

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3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: As India Plans Agni V Test, Here's How It'll Boost Deterrence And Why China Is Not Amused

News 18

First, it was nuclear submarines for Australia and now a test of a long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The upcoming test — said to have been scheduled for September-end, it’s set for some time in October, reports said — described as its “first user trials” was reportedly to assess the ability of the missile to carry multiple warheads, …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Britain could use nuclear weapons against 'emerging technology' threats such as cyber and AI

The Telegraph

Britain could use nuclear weapons if faced with a threat from devastating “emerging technologies” such as cyber and artificial intelligence, the Government’s landmark foreign policy review has warned. New technologies, behaviours and modes of use could emerge that potentially have a similar effect to a nuclear strike.” The Government's 114-page review, entitled “Global Britain in a competitive age”, also sets …

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3 years, 9 months ago

UK calls Russia top threat, issues warning on China, promises to build more nuclear warheads

CNN

CNN — Russia is Britain’s top security challenge, the UK will build more nuclear weapons and London will expand its presence in the high-tech realms of space and cyberspace, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday in a sweeping review of British military and foreign policy. “China’s increasing power and international assertiveness is likely to be the most significant geopolitical factor …

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4 years, 2 months ago

'Threat to US Missile System': Kim Jong Un's ICBM Launch Wows and Scares Defence Analysts