Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building a rocket to deliver weapons anywhere in the world in around an hour for the US military SpaceX — and aerospace firm xArc — have signed a contract with the US forces A rocket could ship cargo from Florida to Afghanistan, for example, in an hour Such a journey by cargo … Read more
The man accused of shooting dead a sergeant in a police station was described by his friends as a ‘maths geek’ who was ‘good with weapons’ in his school yearbook. Louis De Zoysa, 23, is suspected of fatally wounding Sergeant Matiu Ratana, 54, after smuggling a revolver into a custody area in Croydon, South London, … Read more
Australian chemical weapons expert and his British colleague, 57, both die in a bomb explosion in the Solomon Islands Australian man and British man have died in bomb explosion in Solomon Islands Trent Lee and Briton Luke Atkinson died while in a rented apartment in Honiora The Australian chemical weapons expert working to identity unexploded … Read more
North Korea analysts are watching for signs that Kim Jong-un is set to unveil new weapons or test-fire a submarine-launched missile in the coming weeks. Formations of troops have been practising for what is expected to be a major military parade in on October 10, the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party. Some observers … Read more
Hezbollah has stores of weapons across Europe including the explosive chemical that blew up Beirut, the US government claimed last night. Hezbollah operatives have moved ammonium nitrate through Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Switzerland since 2012, the State Department said as it ramped up the pressure on Europe to ban the Iran-backed group. Counter-terrorism … Read more
Saudi Arabia may have enough uranium for nuclear fuel and weapons, Chinese report claims Chinese geologists have been helping the kingdom map its uranium reserves Confidential reports show more than 90,000 tonnes of uranium could be mined Saudi Arabia has been open about wanting nuclear self-sufficiency But experts fear this means they could use the … Read more
John Watson, then a Tory MP, knew he had a bit of a battle on his hands. He was addressing his audience about the benefits of nuclear power. Not an easy case to make with so many coal miners filling the chairs in front of him. But he felt pretty confident he could persuade them … Read more
Donald Trump claimed that he was ‘genetically’ capable of understanding nuclear weapons – because his uncle was a physicist. The President told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he knew about his nuclear test sites ‘better than any of my people’ because his uncle Dr. John Trump taught at MIT. But Dr. Trump’s expertise was … Read more
Russia says a second Covid-19 vaccine is on its way which ‘avoids the side-effects of the first one’. Earlier this month, Vladimir Putin rushed to launch the Sputnik5 vaccine in a blaze of publicity, but criticism soon followed after test subjects reported numerous side effects. Russia’s release of the drug was met with widespread scepticism as to … Read more
Jake Paul was seen out for the first time since the FBI raided his home last week, as he walked his dog with his ex-girlfriend Tana Mongeau in Calabasas, California. The 23-year-old YouTube personality donned a brown T-shirt with khaki shorts and beige Nike trainers, wearing a large face mask on the outing. Mongeau, 22, … Read more