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Russia’s attack on Ukraine raises a harrowing question: How widespread would fallout from a nuclear bomb be?

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with missile strikes and shelling on Thursday, kicking off a dramatic escalation of the conflict in the region. Russia has launched about 200 missiles since the start of the attack, a senior US defense official said at a Friday news briefing. At least 25 civilians have been killed in the fighting, […]

Navy Nuclear Engineer Guilty Of Selling Top Secret Information

A former Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to sell closely guarded American secrets about submarine technology to another country. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, was accused of trying to pass information about designs for nuclear-powered submarines to an undercover FBI agent posing as a representative of a foreign government. Toebbe, who prosecutors say hid […]

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Kim Jong Un Says That He Is Never Giving Up Nuclear Weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country’s nuclear weapons as a powerful deterrent against military threats, state media reported, as prospects of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula continue to dim amid stalled talks with Washington. “We have become able to reliably defend ourselves against any form of high-intensity pressure and military threat by imperialist […]