The Israeli occupation government has reopened a nuclear bunker in Jerusalem Hills as part of its fight against the outbreak of the coronavirus, Israeli officials revealed on Thursday. The bunker, called the “National Management Centre”, was built more than a decade ago out of concern over Iran’s nuclear programme and missile attacks from Hezbollah and Hamas. According to the Israeli officials, the bunker includes living rooms […]
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Notably, all of the closest calls to a World War 3 regard the stand-off between the two nuclear superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States. Here are some of the dates when a nuclear war almost happened, and some of the names that helped prevent it. A lonely sub In October 1962, at the peak of the Cuban Missile Crisis, four diesel-powered Soviet subs deployed […]
Via Nomura’s Global Markets Research Team, There’s more road left for central banks, but there’s no denying it will be bumpy… For most of the past decade following the global financial (and European sovereign debt) crisis, developed market central banks had been optimistic that economic conditions would, by this stage, have permitted them to move their policy levers closer to “normal”. Their monetary toolkits – having […]
A humming concrete pit of deadly radiation may seem like a discouraging scene for dancing, but not if you really want to support your nation’s Eurovision song contest bid – these Russians prove. Clad in white suits and hardhats, Kursk Nuclear Power Plant workers filmed themselves dancing right next to the top of one of the plant’s four 1,000-megawatt reactors. The scene may seem somewhat bizarre […]
A low-level nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could wipe out large swaths of the world’s food supply, igniting cataclysmic fires that blot out the sun in a decade-long nuclear winter, according to new research. Estimated to hold about 150 warheads each, India and Pakistan’s combined arsenals make up only a fraction of the worldwide stockpile – about 14,000-strong at present – but even a “limited” […]
There’s no shortage of hefty defense deals awarded by the US Department of Defense, but the $40 million contract for micro-reactors definitely stands out, as it hides safety risks and raises doubts over its economic efficiency. The nuclear device that the DoD strategists want must have the capability to be safely and rapidly transported by road, rail, sea or air (sic!) as well as swiftly set […]
US and Israeli hawks are worried Iran could use coronavirus pandemic fears and Western governments’ preoccupation with staving off the accompanying economic disaster to evade nuclear monitors and quickly ramp up weapons-grade uranium development. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials are already talking about dramatically increasing the UN nuclear watchdog’s remote monitoring capabilities, such as cameras and data monitors placed at key sites connected with Iranian nuclear power. Crucially […]
Above Photo: A view of the sculpture – Good Defeats Evil – on the UN Headquarters grounds, presented to the UN by the Soviet Union on the occasion of the Organization’s 45th anniversary. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elias NEW YORK (IDN) — In an avalanche of reporting we are now assaulted with information about how the world is urgently attempting to batten down the hatches to avoid the […]
The US is expanding its nuclear capability with new types of low-yield weapons, and Moscow believes US strategists now consider launching a nuclear strike as a viable option in a conflict. The US has made adjustments to its nuclear posture and has been introducing low-yield nuclear warheads to its arsenal, including those that can be launched from submarines. Russia sees such developments with great concern, the […]
They say there are two Russias, the one in many Western minds – think “a gas station masquerading as a country” – and the real deal, where 146 million people live, which is often at the cutting edge of technology. When it comes to nuclear power, Russia is undoubtedly one of the world’s leaders and, according to President Vladimir Putin, such investment is paying off. Speaking […]
Thirteen Disarmament Activists Blockade Trident Nuclear Submarine Base By Felice & Jack Cohen-Joppa, the Nuclear Resister. March 4, 2020 Thirteen Disarmament Activists Blockade Trident Nuclear Submarine Base2020-03-042020-03-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/img_0463-e1583340460190.jpg200px200px Washington state – Thirteen nuclear abolitionists blocked traffic leading into Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington on March 2, as part of a public protest of the United States’ Trident nuclear-missile launching submarines based there. The direct action came at the conclusion of the annual gathering of […]
Iran has no obligation to grant the UN’s nuclear watchdog access to sites in Iran when it deems that requests are based on “fabricated information,” Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Vienna said Wednesday. “Intelligence services’ fabricated information… creates no obligation for Iran to consider such requests,” said a statement from Kazem Gharib Abadi. It came a day after a report from the International Atomic Energy […]
Recognising India and Pakistan as Nuclear States Would Hurt Non-Proliferation Treaty – Lavrov Source
Authored by Brian Cloughley via The Strategic Culture Foundation, There are many influential supporters of nuclear war, and some of these contend that the use of ‘low-yield’ and/or short-range weapons is practicable without the possibility of escalation to all-out Armageddon. In a way their argument is comparable to that of the band of starry-eyed optimists who thought, apparently seriously, that there could be such a beast […]
Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is more than five times the limit set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and world powers, according to a new report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report indicates that the stockpile stands at 1,510 kg, as opposed to the 300 kg limit of uranium in gas form set under the […]
Authored by Scott Ritter, op-ed via RT.com, When the Commander of NATO says he is a fan of flexible first strike at the same time that NATO is flexing its military muscle on Russia’s border, the risk of inadvertent nuclear war is real. US Air Force Gen. Tod D Wolters told the Senate this week he “is a fan of flexible first strike” regarding NATO’s nuclear […]
China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and Iran met in Vienna on Wednesday to voice support for the Iran nuclear deal, the EU External Action Press Office has announced. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was signed in 2015, but was seen to be threatened by the unilateral withdrawal of the US in 2018. The Vienna meeting cited concerns about the impact of the withdrawal as well […]
The US has declined an invitation to hold a formal meeting to discuss the legal details of extending the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which is due to expire in a year, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Washington has decided to ditch important talks on the bilateral treaty’s fate, the Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department, Vladimir Leontyev, told a […]
Parties to Iran’s nuclear deal made little progress on Wednesday towards saving the agreement, but efforts to ease Tehran’s economic pain continued, Reuters reported, citing the delegates. The meeting of senior officials in Vienna, Austria, came more than a month after France, Britain and Germany formally accused Iran of violating its terms. The EU’s foreign policy chief said this month the powers would indefinitely extend the […]
Iran has blasted Washington for deploying submarines with low-yield nuclear warheads, arguing that the move increases the likelihood of unconventional war. “Such provocative actions must be condemned,” Mohsen Baharvand, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for international and legal affairs, told the Conference on Disarmament in the UN building in Geneva. He added that the decision will make nuclear war “more likely” and sets the stage for an […]
US defense secretary launches simulated nuclear attack against Russia in Pentagon war game By Andre Demon, Wsws.org February 25, 2020 US defense secretary launches simulated nuclear attack against Russia in Pentagon war game2020-02-252020-02-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/image-1.jpg200px200px Above Photo: U.S. Marines run to firing positions during live-fire training in Jordan [Credit: Marine Corps, Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez] As more than 20,000 US troops and 20,000 military vehicles began to arrive in […]
The Pentagon wants to extend the reach of its satellites tens of thousands miles toward the Moon. And it’s working on a high-tech, atomic-powered “nuclear thermal propulsion” engine to make it possible. The military’s goal is to deploy maneuverable satellites into the vast space between the Earth and the Moon—“cislunar” space, it’s called—before China gets there with its own spacecraft. But this isn’t the first time […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper participated in a war exercise late last week at the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) HQ in Omaha, Nebraska, which featured how the Pentagon would respond to a Russian nuclear attack on Europe, reported Defense One. “We conducted a mini-exercise,” a senior defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “The scenario included a European contingency where you are conducting a […]
Furious Brits have accused their government of being a lapdog for Washington, after it was inadvertently revealed that the UK had quietly inked a nuclear weapons deal with the US, forgoing public debate. The Pentagon recently disclosed that Britain has agreed to purchase new US nuclear warheads to replace Trident, its own homegrown nuclear program. However, the deal came as a surprise to British lawmakers, who […]