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Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says
Even if Putin's claim of a successful test of the Burevestnik is true, it doesn't really change muc…
Chris Panella
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Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
Putin insists war in Ukraine is "still going according to plan." But Russia is facing setbacks and …
Jason Corcoran
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The time in 1978 when a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed into Canada and scattered radioactive debris everywhere
Almost 50 years ago, a nuclear-powered satellite crashed, leading to an extensive cleanup effort. I…
Chris Panella
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Putin's horrendous war on Ukraine is no reason to give up on renewing the nuclear deal with Iran
Opinion: Opponents of the Iran nuclear deal say the deal is illegitimate because it involves Russia…
Akshai Vikram and Samuel M. H…
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Ukraine's intelligence chief claimed Wagner's mutineers almost reached a Russian base holding Cold War-era nuclear bombs small enough to be carried in backpacks
The mercenaries wanted to seize backpack-sized nuclear devices in Voronezh-45 as a way of "raising …
Matthew Loh
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Putin is ready to squeeze Russia's outrageously wealthy elite to fund a future war with NATO, analysts say
The Russian president is signaling that the country's wealthy will have to give more as he plans a …
Tom Porter
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Russia's use of North Korean missiles in Ukraine will help the US figure out how effective they really are
Military analysts say Russia's decision to fire some North Korean missiles at Ukraine will provide …
Thibault Spirlet
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An expired remnant of the Iran nuclear deal may help Russia rearm for another winter of missile attacks on Ukraine
Moscow may seek to expand its growing defense relationship with Iran, but Tehran will want to get s…
Paul Iddon
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Romania grapples with hundreds of Ukrainian children arriving alone every week — and fear of a nuclear disaster
Romanian officials told Insider that more than 500 children from Ukraine arrived in the country las…
Charles R. Davis
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Russia's war in Ukraine raises a harrowing question: How widespread would fallout from a nuclear bomb be?
A modern-day nuclear bomb could wipe out an entire city and cause third-degree burns in nearby area…
Aria Bendix
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Western militaries need to start figuring out how to fight long and bloody attritional wars like Ukraine, former Army officer warns
Attrition could define future wars between near-peer powers, Alex Vershinin wrote, and the West isn…
Chris Panella
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A nuclear war between India and Pakistan would result in 125 million deaths, global cooling and mass starvation
The brewing tensions between India and Pakistan have to simmer down. Otherwise, the possible conseq…
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Middle East hawks are calling for another dangerous showdown in order to sink the Iran deal for good
Opinion | Those hawks claim that, thanks to failed policies they advocated, the US must prepare for…
Jeremy Ben-Ami
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Putin's annexation of Ukrainian land raises the risks a nuclear weapon will be used and tanks the possibility of talks to end the war
Putin sees this moment as one of "civilizational conflict with the West," a former senior intellige…
John Haltiwanger
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China urges 'restraint' after Russia's foreign minister raises prospect of nuclear war
"No one wants to see the outbreak of a third world war," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang We…
Natalie Musumeci
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Putin effectively told the world his army is 'losing' in Ukraine by calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists and threatening to use nuclear force
"Any mobilization — partial or whole — seven months into a war means you're losing, not winning," a…
John Haltiwanger
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'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: What the movie got right and wrong according to a nuclear historian
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is historically accurate in many ways, but it's still a work of f…
Jenny McGrath
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Russia hands over hundreds of Ukrainian POWs in the war's largest prisoner swap, including troops who fought in the earliest battles
Kyiv said some soldiers released this week fought in Mariupol and defended Chernobyl, both of which…
Jake Epstein
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Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests
Years later, US veterans with illnesses related to nuclear weapons testing like the Trinity test se…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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A secret bomb and ruined film: Why the US government only told Kodak it was going to test nuclear bombs
Kodak struck a secret deal with the US government to get advance notice before any nuclear testing …