The National Interest21d
'Rocket Warhead' Nearly Destroyed a Nuclear-Powered Navy Aircraft Carrier
During an operational readiness inspection near Pearl Harbor, a series of explosions rocked the ship after a junior airman's warnings about an overheating Zuni rocket warhead went unheeded.
Yahoo18d
First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon-Ready”
The W78 warhead is said to have a yield of 335 kilotons. It is unclear what the W87-1’s exact will be, but the original W87 warhead has a reported baseline yield of 300 kilotons. The follow-on ...
Newsweek27d
Nuclear Fears as China Announces Ballistic Missile Test
"At 8:44 a.m. on September 25, the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead to the high seas in the Pacific Ocean ...
ABC News27d
China test-fires ICBM with 'dummy' warhead, after Biden touts US relationship with Japan, South Korea
The People's Liberation Army launched the ICBM carrying a "dummy warhead" into the "high seas" at about 8:44 in the morning, the Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The missile ...
The New York Times27d
China Says It Launched a Rocket With a Dummy Warhead Into the Pacific
By Chris Buckley Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan China launched an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead that landed in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, the country’s defense ...
CBS News19d
Bomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flights
An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...
ABC News20d
An American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a crater on the taxiway
A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights TOKYO -- An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War ...
The New York Times20d
To Build a Nuclear Bomb, Iran Would Need Much More Than Weeks
Nuclear experts see Tehran as facing up to a year of hard work to master the knotty basics of building a deliverable atom bomb. By William J. Broad The first question of the vice-presidential ...
The Economist22d
After the decapitation of Hizbullah, Iran could race for a nuclear bomb
WHEN AN ISRAELI bomb killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, last week, it did not just decapitate a fearsome militia that has driven some 60,000 Israelis from their homes with frequent ...
Yahoo News18d
First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon-Ready”
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the completion of the first weapon-ready example of a vital component for the W87-1 warhead. The component, ...
Yahoo19d
An American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a crater on the taxiway
TOKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 ...