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The United States threatened Russia to destroy all Russian military targets in Ukraine if it used nuclear weapons. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said this in an interview with The Guardian. “The Americans told the Russians: “If you detonate a nuclear bomb, even if it doesn’t kill anyone, we will hit all your targets [positions] […]
Polish leader Andrzej Duda officially confirmed that Poland is ready to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory. According to the President of Poland, the topic of nuclear weapons deployment was often at the center of negotiations between official Warsaw and Washington. Andrzej Duda noted that he had already made it clear to the White House […]
The US is discussing the need to create a “Dead Hand” system that could automatically launch a nuclear strike in response to an attack by Russia or China. A “dead hand” is a complex capable of automatically launching a nuclear strike even if all decision-makers are dead or incapacitated. Why the US needs the “Dead […]
France launches a new program to produce a new generation of nuclear warheads and resumes tritium production. This is reported by Euractiv with reference to the words of French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecorne. The French defense minister made the statement on Monday, March 18, during a visit to the Civaux nuclear power plant in southwestern […]
Russia is going to deploy nuclear weapons in space. Washington has received new intelligence related to Russia’s nuclear capabilities and attempts to develop space-based weapons. The weapon being developed by Russia is likely to be a nuclear device to blind, jam or burn electronics inside satellites, rather than an explosive nuclear warhead to destroy them, […]
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom will conduct a test launch of nuclear weapons within a few days The UK will test-fire a nuclear missile for the first time since 2016. This was reported by The Sun. As noted, the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom will conduct a test launch of nuclear weapons […]
One of the Hamas rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7 hit the Sdot Micha military base, which allegedly housed missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. This was reported by The New York Times on December 4. The missiles themselves were reportedly not hit, but the strike triggered a fire that […]
This was the first launch of the French intercontinental ballistic missile M51.3, which is specially designed to break through missile defenses When the Kremlin actively rattles off nuclear weapons, it often forgets that it is not the only one in the world that possesses them, and that in addition to the United States and China, […]
On November 1, 2023, Russia tested the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, which is the main component of the ground-based component of the Russian strategic nuclear forces. And on October 25, a test launch of the RSM-56 Bulava ballistic missile was completed from the Borey submarine missile cruiser. Both tests failed for Russia. Details are […]
North Korea is supplying Russia with military equipment and ammunition, and Pyongyang may receive technology for nuclear and ballistic missiles. This is stated in a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Geun-hye. The countries strongly condemn the provision of equipment and […]