Tag: Nuclear

Russia Tells UN Ukraine Plans ‘Dirty Bomb,’ West Dismisses Allegation

NEAR KHERSON FRONTLINE, Ukraine—Russia on Tuesday took its case to the U.N. Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials as misinformation and a pretext for intensifying the war. Moscow sent a letter detailing the allegations to the United Nations…


Thorium Innovators Vie for Success

More than half a century after physicist Alvin Weinberg first demonstrated a thorium molten-salt reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a global thorium renaissance may be underway. At least that’s what the Thorium Energy Alliance (TEA) hopes. TEA’s eleventh conference, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, brought together engineers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts who believe thorium reactors…


Biden Administration’s Mismanagement Increases Risk of Russian Nuclear Strike: Former National Security Officials

News Analysis The lack of solid intelligence on Russian nuclear escalation doctrine under Russian President Vladimir Putin, combined with the diplomatic blunderings of the Biden administration, has created a dangerous nuclear standoff in Europe, according to former national security officials and experts. Consequently, the likelihood of a Russian tactical nuclear strike to change the balance…


LIVE: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


LIVE 10/17, at 10:30 AM ET: NATO Readies Nuclear Exercises; Elon Musk Placed On Ukraine ‘Hit List’

Nuclear exercises under NATO are scheduled to begin, amid growing warnings of possible nuclear attacks between the West and Russia. This follows calls by a Czechen leader to use localized low-yield nuclear attacks on Ukraine, and calls from Ukraine’s Zelensky for NATO to pre-emptively retaliate against Russia. Meanwhile, Elon Musk was placed on a Ukrainian…


NATO to Kick Off Nuclear Drills Involving B-52 Bombers on Monday

BRUSSELS—NATO said on Friday it would launch its annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on Monday, with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over Belgium, the North Sea and Britain to practise the use of U.S. nuclear bombs based in Europe. The nuclear drills—which do not involve live bombs—are taking place amid heightened…


Thorium Insiders Explain What Is Holding It Back From Wider Use

Thorium energy experts at the Thorium Energy Alliance Conference told The Epoch Times what they believe has limited the use of the mildly radioactive element, long touted as a potential alternative or complement to plutonium and enriched uranium in nuclear reactors. Unlike uranium-235, the isotope in enriched uranium that sustains a nuclear chain reaction, thorium…


NATO Chief Warns Russia Not to Cross ‘Very Important Line’

BRUSSELS—Russian President Vladimir Putin would be crossing a “very important line” if he were to order the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday, as both the military alliance and Russia are due to hold nuclear exercises in the next few days. NATO is holding its exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Noon,”…