Nuclear bomb

Georgia arrests man for selling radioactive uranium-238 to foreign national for $700,000

Footage showed agents testing two small containers in the trunk of the vehicle with a handheld radiation detector. One of them appeared to contain a light-colored powder.

A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Uranium (U) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes as he delivers his 2026 "State of the Force" address to US junior officers and enlisted leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, US, September 30, 2026.

US remains 'hell-bent' on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, says Hegseth

Satellite imagery showing Iran rebuilding the Taleghan 2 nuclear bomb testing facility southeast of Tehran, September 2026.

Iran reconstructing nuclear test-linked Taleghan 2 site after IDF strikes, satellite imagery shows

This picture taken on March 4, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 5, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the destroyer Choe Hyon at an undisclosed location.

North Korea rejects denuclearization, vows 'ceaseless' nuclear buildup over US-led alliance


US Congressman's controversial comments on Gaza: Nagasaki and Hiroshima comparison

Controversy arises as US Congressman's Gaza comments evoke nuclear war imagery, drawing widespread criticism

 US Representative Tim Walberg (Center), April 23, 2015.

Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima

Universal Pictures initially left Japan off its global release schedule for "Oppenheimer."

 The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike", as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain.

Russia is ready for a nuclear war if US sends troops to Ukraine - Vladimir Putin

"From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA when asked whether Russia was really ready for a nuclear war.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for two nuclear-powered submarines in the northern city of Severodvinsk, Russia, December 11, 2023

Oppenheimer's un-filmed scene - opinion

The Manhattan Project thus demonstrated better than any other episode in Jewish annals both the feasibility of Jewish power’s creation and the tragedy of its absence.

 ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. receives the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role award for ‘Oppenheimer’ at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, last month.

Russia seen as highly unlikely to put a nuclear warhead in space - analysis

Washington announced Tuesday they had discovered new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities and attempts to develop a space-based weapon.

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by head of the Roscosmos space corporation Yuri Borisov, visits the centre of the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" in Korolyov outside Moscow, Russia, October 26, 2023.

Sodom, Gomorrah, atomic bomb: Altruistic attempts to avert mass destruction - opinion

One can ask how it came about that an inherited set of connections leads to Abraham’s altruistic thinking and the arguments of the atomic scientists. The answer is evolution.

 ‘Sodom and Gomorrah Afire’ by Jacob de Wet II, 1680

Iran closer than ever to weaponizing uranium, building nuclear bomb - report

Moreover, using its remaining stock of enriched uranium, the country could have in total enough weapon-grade uranium for six weapons in one month.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei views a model of a nuclear facility, in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023

Iran has almost enough uranium for nuclear bomb, US expert reports

American physicist David Albright stated that “Iran could also immediately start preparatory work on transforming the weapon-grade uranium into nuclear weapon components.

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Doomsday clock warns world of catastrophe in 2024

The Doomsday Clock, which measures the chances of the annihilation of the human race, is now at 90 seconds before midnight - the hour that marks the end of the world.

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Amichai Eliyahu has got to go - editorial

It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to condemn Eliyahu’s remark and later announce that the minister would be suspended.

 Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu attends a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.