Mysterious Radioactive Cloud Over Europe Hints At Accident Farther East
European authorities are providing new details about a cloud of mysterious radioactive material that appeared over the continent last month. Monitors in Italy were among first to detect the radioactive...
View ArticleClues In That Mysterious Radioactive Cloud Point Toward Russia
The tiny nation of Denmark has just three stations for monitoring atmospheric radiation. Each week, scientists change out air filters in the detectors and take the used ones to a technical university...
View ArticleNorth Korea Claims New Missile Makes It A Nuclear Power
North Korea says a new intercontinental ballistic missile tested on Wednesday proves it has a nuclear deterrent that can reach any target in the United States. According to a statement from the Korean...
View ArticleNew North Korean Missile Is A 'Monster'
The intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea launched on Wednesday appears to be significantly larger and more powerful than previous versions, according to independent analysts. "It's a...
View ArticleNorth Korea Designed A Nuke. So Did This Truck Driver
This year, deep inside a mountain, North Korea detonated a giant nuclear bomb. The weapon was powerful ; at least 10 times more destructive than the bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima at the end of...
View ArticleReview Of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Paints A Picture Of A More Dangerous Nuclear...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Just seven days after his inauguration, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to conduct a review - a review of the nation's nuclear...
View ArticleBuried In Trump's Nuclear Report: A Russian Doomsday Weapon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FgPBGteLzU The Trump administration released a report on the state of America's nuclear weaponry on Friday. The assessment, known as a Nuclear Posture Review, mainly...
View ArticleAs An American Tragedy Unfolds, Russian Agents Sow Discord Online
As the news broke of a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, hundreds of Twitter accounts believed to be under Russian sway pivoted. Many had been tweeting about places like Syria and...
View ArticleExperts Aghast At Russian Claim Of Nuclear-Powered Missile With Unlimited Range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sAhFmRIJ7U In his annual state of the nation address on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile that he...
View ArticleNerve Agent Found In U.K. Is Rare And Definitely Russian
The type of nerve agent used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. was developed in a top-secret laboratory in Moscow and was once a closely held secret of the Russian government....
View ArticleEach Day That Passes, Pressure Grows For Chemical Inspectors Waiting In Syria
As chemical weapons inspectors wait to investigate an alleged strike near the Syrian capital of Damascus, former inspectors say the challenges the current team faces are daunting. The inspectors...
View ArticleStolen Iranian Nuclear Plans May Trigger New Inspections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qBt4tSCALA Former weapons inspectors say an apparent trove of information on Iran's nuclear weapons program will increase pressure for more intrusive inspections of its...
View ArticleNASA Tests New Nuclear Reactor For Future Space Travelers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdMzFQOABcQ NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy say they have successfully tested a new type of nuclear reactor that could one day provide juice to colonies on other...
View ArticleNorth Korea Demolishes Its Nuclear Test Site In A 'Huge Explosion'
Updated: 10:45 a.m. ET North Korea closed its nuclear test site in spectacular fashion Thursday, blasting the site in what one observer described as a "huge explosion." Within hours of the North's...
View ArticleTrump Says North Korea Will Destroy Missile Site. But Which One?
Experts have been left scratching their heads over one of the most concrete concessions President Trump says he received from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during Tuesday's summit in Singapore. At a...
View ArticleTrump Calls For 'Space Force' To Defend U.S. Interests Among The Stars
Updated at 6:15 p.m. ET President Trump Monday announced his intention to create a "space force" that would oversee the military's activities off-world. "When it comes to defending America, it is not...
View ArticleVP Pence Unveils Plans For New Military Branch In Outer Space
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the Pentagon today, Vice President Mike Pence laid out plans for a new branch of the military in outer space - a Space Force. (SOUNDBITE OF...
View ArticleRussians Allegedly Targeted Lab Studying Chemical Weapons
A Swiss laboratory likely involved in analyzing samples from a March chemical attack in Salisbury, England, has reportedly been targeted by Russian agents. Two Russian intelligence agents were planning...
View ArticleExperts Are Underwhelmed By North Korea's Promise To Dismantle Missile Site
North Korea announced today that it will permanently close a major missile test site. Kim Jong Un, the North's leader, said the site would be dismantled in the presence of international inspectors. But...
View ArticleRussia's Nuclear Cruise Missile Is Struggling To Take Off, Imagery Suggests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okS76WHh6FI It's a terrifying weapon: a nuclear-powered cruise missile that can fly anywhere on the planet, possibly spewing radioactivity as it goes. In March, Russian...
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