Three Russian nuclear bomber air crew are killed when their ejector seats accidentally go off just before take-off The incident happened on Tuesday at the Shaikovka military airfield The Russian defence minister has confirmed the death of the three crew members The supersonic long range Tu-22M3 bomber was not thought to have been loaded with … Read more
Russia and Iran today rebuked Britain after it announced plans to increase its nuclear arsenal from 180 warheads to 260 by the end of the decade. Moscow’s spokesman accused Britain of ‘harming international stability,’ while Tehran’s official slammed Boris Johnson’s ‘utter hypocrisy.’ Britain on Tuesday published a document outlining a ‘recalibration’ of its foreign policy … Read more
This is as dystopian a vision of the future as any British Prime Minister has offered the public since the Cold War. In Boris Johnson’s dark new world of international relations, the 2020s will see the breaking down of rules-based world order, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and, more than likely, a successful … Read more
Britain is to increase its nuclear weapons stockpile by more than 40 per cent and could use them if UK is threatened by chemical or biological attacks or as-yet unknown weapons, it was revealed today. The Integrated Review raises the limit on the number of Trident warheads that can be stored from 180 to a … Read more
Boris Johnson will announce today that Britain is significantly increasing its nuclear arsenal amid a threat of terrorist ‘dirty bombs’. He will signal a shift to a ‘more robust position on security and deterrence’ which will see troops deployed overseas ‘more often and for longer periods’. The Prime Minister is also expected to use the … Read more
‘Toxic culture’ of bullying, racism and sexual harassment exists at Britain’s largest nuclear plant Sellafield that could lead to ‘disaster’ whistleblowers claim Workers said behaviour could lead to a ‘disaster’ at the Sellafield site in Cumbria One employee claimed that managers did nothing when he was ‘racially taunted’ Another said a manager asked if she … Read more
Labour’s support for UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent is ‘non-negotiable’, says shadow defence secretary John Healey as he signals split from Corbyn era Shadow defence secretary said Labour support for deterrent is ‘non-negotiable’ John Healey also said Labour support for NATO military alliance is ‘unshakeable’ Comments represent a significant shift to approach taken under Jeremy Corbyn … Read more
‘I thought it was the end of the world’ TikTok pranksters terrify their parents into believing UK is under nuclear attack by showing fake videos of BBC alert People playing emergency alert warning of a ‘possible nuclear strike’ against UK Youngsters broadcasting the fake message on TVs and filming parents’ reactions TikTok videos of unsuspecting … Read more
Newly released US intelligence files show how close the Soviet Union came to launching a nuclear attack during a NATO weapons exercise in 1983. The Communist bloc put fighter bombers strapped with nuclear bombs on high alert in East Germany during a ‘war scare’ prompted by NATO’s Able Archer command exercise in November 1983. Soviet … Read more
Nuclear commanders had ‘no idea’ Mike Pence’s ‘football’ was so close to being taken by the mob until they saw dramatic security footage at Donald Trump’s trial Nuclear commanders had no idea how close Vice President Mike Pence ‘s nuclear ‘football’ got to being taken by the MAGA mob US Strategic Command became aware of … Read more