The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

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Terrible decisions in radioactive packages Phil Schmitten, United States Department of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons Four B-61 nuclear bombs on a bomb cart While the United States cancelled the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetator, a massive bunker busting nuke, it retains some B61-11 nuclear bombs designed to hit shallow underground targets. (The bombs pictured here are not…

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China conducts mock ICBM strike exercise 23 Jan 2019 07:46 The Times of India BEIJING: China's Rocket Force, the strategic and tactical missile operator of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), has conducted a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike mission from an underground bunker against an imaginary …
Secret Soviet Bunkers in Poland Hid Nuclear Weapons 21 Jan 2019 15:12 LiveScience Patrol paths (A) were discovered using airborne laser-scanning. Remains of Brzezńica Kolonia's football pitch and running track (B) were first seen in 1984 by the Landsat satellite program, overseen by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Credit: …
Metro: Exodus explores World War III 21 Jan 2019 06:58 Mercury When World War III breaks out, where is the best place to avoid the fallout? If you were in Moscow, one answer would be the city’s extensive Metro underground railway system, parts of which were built during the Cold War. It also has a secondary advantage …
Zionist Regime Began Nuclear Weapons Program Without Telling Knesset 20 Jan 2019 22:20 Kayhan
Israel Began Nuclear Weapons Program Without Telling Cabinet, Knesset, Memos Show 19 Jan 2019 19:21 Sputnik International Middle East 20:38 19.01.2019(updated 20:52 19.01.2019) Get short URL Israel's longstanding policy has been to neither admit nor deny that the country has nuclear weapons. However, estimates by reputable intelligence companies suggest the country has …
Israel Began Nuclear Weapons Program Without Telling Gov't, Knesset, Memos Show 19 Jan 2019 17:47 Sputnik International Middle East 20:38 19.01.2019(updated 20:44 19.01.2019) Get short URL Longstanding Israeli policy has been to neither admit nor deny that the country has nuclear weapons. However, estimates by reputable intelligence companies suggest the country has between …
AP1 divests nuclear weapons, tobacco, coal and oil sands stocks 19 Jan 2019 06:21 Pensions & Investments By Paulina Pielichata · January 18, 2019 2:00 pm · Updated 2:02 pm AP1, Stockholm, divested investments in nuclear weapons, tobacco, coal and oil sands companies from its portfolio, the 337.7 billion Swedish kronor ($38 billion) pension fund said in a …
Trump and Kim Jong Un to hold second summit on nuclear weapons 19 Jan 2019 00:25 CTV News Matthew Lee and Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press Published Friday, January 18, 2019 1:03AM EST Last Updated Friday, January 18, 2019 6:05PM EST WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to …
More Bang, More Buck: US Considers Adding ICBM Interceptors to F-35 18 Jan 2019 20:54 Sputnik International US 23:13 18.01.2019Get short URL In all likelihood, adding more bells and whistles to the F-35 can only make its $1.5 trillion program price more expensive, while experts have questioned if the plan is even realistic. The Pentagon's top research …
Trump to hold 2nd summit with North Korean leader, seeking end to North's nuclear weapons program 18 Jan 2019 20:23 Brownsville Herald Now that the morning fog has lifted, expect a warm day, according to the National Weather Service in Brownsville. High temperatures will reach the mid to upper 70s Friday, possibly into the 80s. Rio Grande City is expected to reach 81.

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