They were the tests that saw Britain establish itself as a nation capable of killing millions of people in the blink of an eye - and a reminder of the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. But the ...
45 years ago to the day, an American satellite spotted something unusual in the Indian Ocean. A Vela satellite was in orbit near South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands, about halfway between the ...
When 18-year-old John Morris stood for the first time on the Pacific’s Christmas Island in 1956, he had no idea that the destructive forces of nature he would witness, harnessed for military power, ...
Mushroom cloud: One of the nuclear tests witnessed by British personnel in the South Pacific and Australia Defence Secretary John Healey has launched an investigation into whether there are long lost ...
The names are idyllic, evoking heaven on earth: Primrose Island, Crocus Island, Bluebell Island. But this uninhabited scatter of white sandy beaches and azure lagoons on the edge of the Indian Occean ...
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear arms ...
Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters
The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say these threats ...
A new tool shows the catastrophic impact of a nuclear strike as Russia deploys its “unstoppable” Oreshnik missile, putting ...
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