The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
In 1989, the Komsomolets sank off the Norwegian coast. Four years later, the BBC reported on plans to seal in its torpedoes' toxic plutonium.
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This Is How Nuclear Weapon Detection Could Work in Space
NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ...
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...
Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.
Scientists have proposed a satellite that could detect hidden nuclear weapons in space by sensing neutrons naturally emitted from uranium. Here's how it could help enforce an important space treaty.
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Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth
Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth - Nuclear bombs planted in space rocks could save us ...
The USS Scorpion vanished in 1968 with 99 men, a nuclear reactor, and two nuclear weapons. The Navy still has no definitive ...
When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...
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