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Buried 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...

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As 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...

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Experts 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...

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Nerve 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....

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Each 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...

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Stolen 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...

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NASA 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...

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North 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...

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Trump 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...

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Trump 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...

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How North Korea's Nuclear Tests Could Get Even More Terrifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5orHjD5FWc8 At 2:17 p.m. on May 6, 1962, a nuclear-tipped missile shot out of the waters of the Pacific Ocean and quickly disappeared into the sky. Roughly 12 minutes...

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Final Report On MH370 Says Failure To Locate Airliner Is 'Almost Inconceivable'

A final report on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 says the fate of the vanished aircraft may never be known, despite years of searching and more than $150 million in costs. The report , which includes...

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California Blazes Are Part Of A Larger And Hotter Picture, Fire Researchers Say

The speed and ferocity of the wildfires raging through Northern California's wine country have caught many residents off guard and left state officials scrambling to contain the flames. But for fire...

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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...

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Clues 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...

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North 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...

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New 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...

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North 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...

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Review 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...

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Buried 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...

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