High Above Chernobyl, Workers Grapple With Ice, Fire and Nuclear Fears
After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage ...
Little known UK location included in haunting list of the most radioactive places on Earth
Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...
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Exposed, part 2: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunter’s Point
The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, including Operation Teapot in 1955. One was Eldridge Jones, who later ...
Air Force test launching ballistic missile for nuclear readiness drill
The US Air Force will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Southern California next week to test and flex the military’s readiness to use nuclear force. The unarmed Minuteman III ...
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65 years after France turned their land into a nuclear test site, Algerians seek justice
For years, France buried radioactive waste from nuclear tests it conducted in the Algerian desert. And for decades, it ...
Map reveals the most radioactive places on earth – including the US and UK
The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...
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 ...
Pentagon says North Korean missiles that can hit US may soon be in production
A senior commander believes Kim Jong-un is ‘eager to transition his weapons programme from development to serial production ...
Air Force to launch ICBM in Southern California as part of nuclear readiness drill
In a move meant to showcase and test the United States nuclear forces’ readiness, military officials plan to launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ...
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Unarmed Minuteman III Test Launch to Showcase Readiness of U.S. Nuclear Force’s Safe, Effective Deterrent
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Feb. 12, 2025 -An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled between ...
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Vandenberg Space Force Base to Conduct Unarmed Minuteman III Missile Test
A demonstration of the United States' nuclear readiness with an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is set for operational test launch. The Air Force Global Strike Command has ...
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Report to Congress on Hypersonic Weapons
The following is the Feb. 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for ...