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Switzerland built an extensive network of fallout shelters, not only through extra hardening of government buildings such as schools, but also through a building regulation requiring nuclear shelters in residential buildings since the 1960s (the first legal basis in this …
As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream of praise for Kim Jong Un in interviews and on Twitter, a steady stream of evidence that North Korea is still making nuclear weapons has pushed his administration to take a much …
“We have been extremely concerned with what we have seen as the evolution of Russian military policy as it relates to potential use of nuclear weapons,” David Trachtenberg, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said at the Heritage Foundation …
During a session of the UN Disarmament Commission in New York on Tuesday, Russia’s UN Mission Charge d’affaires Petr Ilyichev named conditions for Moscow to agree on further reduction of its nuclear potential. He underscored that Russia is working on full …
Alert status for 6 P.M., Sunday, April 2nd, 2017. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5. There are currently no imminent nuclear threats against the United States at this time. The United States continues to experience significant conflict between its major …
MENLO PARK, Calif., March 30, 2017 — SRI International has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to evaluate a novel, oral formulation of zinc diethylene triamine pentaacetate (Zn-DTPA) as a treatment …
Underestimating the power of North Korea’s nuclear weapons would be a grave mistake for the U.S., former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director James Woolsey wrote in an op-ed in the Hill on Wednesday. In fact, the country’s missiles equipped with …
North Korea’s main underground nuclear test site has seen heightened levels of activity in recent weeks, meaning the isolated nation could be preparing for its sixth nuclear test—or simply putting on a show to scare its enemies, The Washington Post …
Patrick Knox of The Sun newspaper in Britain reports, nuclear war shelters are being readied in Sweden to prepare for a surprise Russian attack. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) has reportedly been ordered to carry out a review of …
Washington’s rhetoric accompanying the revived Cold War is far more reckless and dangerous, as are Washington’s actions, than during the real Cold War. The Saker reports that Russia is preparing for World War III, not because Russia intends to initiate …
In 2015, the Pentagon successfully tested the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb as part of a $1 trillion effort to make the nuclear arsenal more accurate and lethal.This redesigned weapon is equipped with “dial-a-yield” technology, which allows the military to adjust …