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The US says Russia has been cheating on an arms control treaty and secretly testing low-yield nukes to strengthen its arsenal
"The United States believes that Russia probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium …
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia displays massive nuclear force with a sub launching 4 missiles with the power of 160 Hiroshimas
That means that together, the missiles fired by Russia had a minimum combine explosive potential of…
Alex Lockie
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Trump's ex-national security advisor wants to restart US nuke testing. Nuclear experts warn that's not a good idea.
Robert O'Brien's call to restart nuclear weapons testing was met with resounding criticism from exp…
Chris Panella
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Putin's much-hyped nuclear-powered cruise missile still isn't working right as Russia restarts testing
US intelligence assesses that Russia has only had one moderately successful test, and it resulted i…
Ryan Pickrell
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US intelligence suggests Russia was fishing Putin's doomsday missile out of the sea when it mysteriously exploded
The death toll has risen from two to five and could potentially be higher. Russia has flip-flopped …
Ryan Pickrell
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Putin says Russia got its troubled nuclear-powered cruise missile to work after years of failure and a deadly disaster
The Russian leader called it a successful test of the Burevestnik missile, which has suffered repea…
Chris Panella,Ryan Pickrell
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Putin wanted to boast about Russia launching a nuclear-capable ICBM — but the launch failed so he couldn't, report says
Putin hoped to use a landmark annual speech to mention the recent launch of the Sarmat missile, nic…
Matthew Loh
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The blast that killed 5 Russian engineers may have been caused by another failed test of Putin's doomsday missile
The Russian defense ministry, by way of Russian state media, said earlier that only two people were…
Ryan Pickrell
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Fallout from Russia's mysterious missile disaster suggests a nuclear reactor blew up
Nils Bøhmer, a Norwegian nuclear safety expert, explained to The Barents Observer that "the presenc…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia's 'Satan 2' Sarmat missile can carry more than a dozen nuclear warheads and destroy entire cities - if it ever works
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely planned to boast about the test launch of the "Satan II" mi…
Sophia Ankel
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State media reports Russia has built its first batch of Poseidon doomsday torpedoes, one of Putin's 'super weapons'
The Poseidon is sometimes referred to as a "doomsday" system because its payload could potentially …
Jake Epstein
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Russia drops first video of Putin's 'Poseidon' doomsday torpedo undergoing testing
Tests of the Poseidon have reportedly been carried out by B-90 Sarov-class Project 20120 diesel-ele…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia tests 'unstoppable' nuclear ICBM amid Putin and Trump taunting an arms race
While Putin admitted to working on a long-feared "doomsday device" that would render large swaths o…
Alex Lockie
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It looks like a Russian ICBM test ended in disaster, hinting at new missile problems as Ukraine war pressures mount, analysts say
Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies revealed the aftermath of the apparent failed missi…
Jake Epstein
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US Air Force test-fires long-range missile in show of nuclear readiness
The test of the unarmed Minuteman III missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons comes after delay…
Jake Epstein
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Russia announces missile test launches day after threatening military response in Ukraine standoff
The defense ministry said the drills were to test combat readiness and the "reliability of the weap…
Sinéad Baker
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Putin says Russia's building an unstoppable nuclear-powered missile - it's probably just a really 'bad idea'
In the 1960s, the US looked at developing its own nuclear-powered cruise missiles, but Project Plut…
Ryan Pickrell
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Putin just said Russia has developed a new generation of unstoppable nuclear weapons - and showed video of them heading for the US
Alec Luhn, The Telegraph's Russia correspondent, tweeted images of the video, which was displayed b…
Alexandra Ma
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Putin's Skyfall missile failed a test and exploded in a deadly nuclear accident, the US says
Russian state media reported at the time that the explosion was caused by a liquid propellant jet e…