A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons
Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...
Chernobyl disaster of 1986: What happened to the nuclear reactor as Russia strikes power plant?
The outer shell that was struck is a protective cover built in 2016 over a heavy concrete containment structure. Soon after ...
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This Is How North Korea Could Disable the Continental United States with One Missile
It’s bad enough that North Korea, an implacable enemy of the United States, has the nuclear bomb. To make matters worse, it ...
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Would a fallout shelter really protect you in a nuclear blast?
Related: Why do nuclear bombs form mushroom clouds? A bomb shelter doesn't necessarily guarantee safety in the event of a ...
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No, Israel Did Not Use Nuclear Weapon In Syria
Some media reports and popular accounts on social media have claimed that Israel detonated a low-yield tactical nuclear ...
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Here's a plan to detonate the world's largest H-bomb to end global warming - what could go wrong?
You know we're living in interesting times when "nuke the ocean floor" makes it onto the list of climate solutions. A new ...
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The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux
The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...
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The strange geoengineering idea with potential for significant fallout
Such as building a nuclear bomb orders of magnitude bigger than any to date and setting it off deep under the seabed. That is where the nuke comes in. A decent nuclear explosion could reduce a large ...
19 killed in Syria car bomb blast and more than a dozen wounded, say hospital workers
The car detonated next to a vehicle carrying mostly female agricultural workers on the outskirts of the city of Manbij ...
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How quickly could Iran build its first nuclear weapon? Look at China
The bomb was then reassembled in about 10 hours at the Qinghai site and prepared for China’s first nuclear explosion. In total, it took China only some three to five weeks to convert the UF6, cast ...
Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth. Here's Where It Could Hit in 2032
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
See rare photos of a secret lab where the US tested atomic bombs
The NNSA has recently given the public a rare glimpse into one of the secret nuclear labs where America used to test its ...