North Korea launched a long-range missile capable of reaching the U.S. on Monday, Japanese and South Korean officials said, as Pyongyang warned of a “touch-and-go situation” on the Korean peninsula. North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Monday, which could have a […]
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‘No country would survive’ Putin’s nuclear strike
Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined on Thursday when his country would use nuclear weapons. The Russian leader escalated his nuclear rhetoric at an annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, declaring that Moscow has successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable Burevestnik cruise missile—a claim Kremlin officials had denied just days earlier. There have been growing […]
Putin raises threat of ‘dirty bomb’ nuclear attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the specter of a “dirty bomb” incident at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant while contemplating retaliation for an apparent Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow. “Ukrainian citizens need to understand that there are other threats as well, for instance, attempts to disrupt the operation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant or […]