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US suspends 34 nuclear missile officers over exam cheating
The US military has suspended 34 officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles for cheating on a proficiency test, Air...
US to Spend $1 Trillion on Nukes, but Payoff Unclear: Study
The United States plans to spend $1 trillion on upgrading and maintaining its nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years,...
North Korea warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Wednesday the Korean peninsula would be engulfed by "massive nuclear disaster" if war breaks...
Truck with dangerous radioactive material stolen in Mexico
Mexican authorities scrambled Wednesday to find a stolen truck containing "extremely dangerous" radioactive material used in medical treatment, officials said....
Stolen isotope in Mexico enough for ‘dirty bomb’: experts
Mexico's nuclear commission said Wednesday the radioactive material inside a stolen truck weighed 60 grams, a quantity experts said is...
India expands nuclear weapons site: think tank
India has expanded a secretive site that could be used to enrich more uranium for nuclear weapons, a US think...
Iran says ‘no progress’ in nuclear talks so far
Iran and world powers locked horns in an intense second day of nuclear talks Thursday, with Tehran saying "no progress"...
‘No room for error’ for US nuclear forces: Hagel
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday acknowledged "troubling lapses" among troops managing the country's nuclear arsenal and warned their job...
Iran denies it scuttled nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday denied US claims that the Islamic republic had scuttled nuclear talks in...
US to spend billions ‘modernizing’ nuclear arsenal
The United States plans to spend billions to upgrade a decades-old atomic bomb designed to stop a Soviet invasion of...
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