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  • Protesters Write ‘From River to the Sea’ Antisemitic Chant on Side of Parliament in Massive 25-Foot Tall Letters

    02/22/2024 10:45:56 AM PST · by rktman · 30 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 2/22/2024 | Oliver JJ Lane
    Palestine protesters used powerful lasers to write the words of an infamous antisemitic message on the Elizabeth Tower, best known worldwide as the Big Ben clock at Britain’s Parliament. Messages including “From the river to the sea, Palestina will be free” were projected onto the side of the Elizabeth Tower during a large Palestine protest in Westminster’s Parliament Square on Wednesday night. As the demonstration roared outside, Parliament faced problems of its own, as conflicting left-wing party attempts to vote on a resolution in favour of a Gaza ceasefire saw a major break with convention potentially permanently damaging the authority...
  • A Russian Space Nuke Absolutely Makes Sense in Military Terms

    02/18/2024 4:50:58 PM PST · by davikkm · 11 replies
    A high-altitude Nuclear-EMP (nuclearweaponsedproj.mit.edu/high-altitude-electromagnetic-pulse-emp-attack-scenario-against-usa) creates an electric free field incident (commonsensehome.com/electromagnetic-pulse-emp/) powerful enough to damage any microcircuitry onboard satellites (see: Starfish Prime Test (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime)), especially modern electronics due to increasingly thin structures (therefore electric breakthrough occurs already at relatively low voltages). We are hardening military systems against such EM incidents by shielding (www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/EM-shielding-electromagnetic-shielding), e.g. on a ship using its hull as a Faraday cage (containerauction.com/read-news/using-a-shipping-container-faraday-cage-to-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-emp-blast).
  • 'Serious national security threat' is revealed to be 'Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon in SPACE'

    02/14/2024 1:45:21 PM PST · by algore · 150 replies
    The U.S. believes Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space, according to reports sparked by a top Republican warning about a 'serious national security threat'. House Intel Chair Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said members of Congress had been made aware of the threat which is reported to be related to Russia and its threat from space - but wouldn't go into details. It later emerged that it was related to Moscow's plan to put a nuclear weapon into space to target and destroy satellites the world depends on, ABC News reported. Turner asked the president to declassify...
  • North Korea: We’re Prepared to Nuke America if It Makes a ‘Wrong Decision’

    12/20/2023 2:26:15 PM PST · by artichokegrower · 80 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 20 Dec 2023 | FRANCES MARTEL
    Communist dictator of North Korea Kim Jong-un declared through state media on Wednesday that the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was necessary to “clearly show what action the DPRK [North Korea] has been prepared and what option the DPRK would take when Washington makes a wrong decision against it.”
  • Netanyahu reprimands Israeli minister over Gaza ‘nuclear option’ comment

    11/06/2023 3:17:26 AM PST · by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas · 20 replies
    Haaretz ^ | Nov 5, 2023 | Haaretz
    Israel's Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said on Sunday that dropping a nuclear weapon on the Gaza Strip is "an option." Speaking in a radio interview, the far-right minister maintained that "there are no non-combatants in Gaza," adding that providing humanitarian aid to the Strip would constitute "a failure." Eliyahu was then asked if – since there are no non-combatants in his view – a nuclear attack on the Gaza Strip is an option. "That's one way," he responded. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by saying that Eliyahu's comments are "divorced from reality" and that Israel and the...
  • I've studied nuclear war for 35 years -- you should be worried. | Brian Toon | TEDxMileHigh

    10/29/2023 1:20:08 PM PDT · by know.your.why · 123 replies
    TEDx Talks ^ | 2/1/18 | TEDx Talks
    For the first time in decades, it's hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. But as long as you're far from the blast, you're safe, right? Wrong. In this sobering talk, atmospheric scientist Brian Toon explains how even a small nuclear war could destroy all life on earth -- and what we can do to prevent it. A professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Brian Toon investigates the causes of the ozone hole, how volcanic eruptions alter the climate, how ancient Mars had flowing rivers, and the environmental impacts of nuclear...
  • Graham warns Russian NUCLEAR attack on Ukraine would be an attack on NATO, response

    08/01/2023 10:12:45 AM PDT · by AnthonySoprano · 62 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/31/23 | Alexander Bolton
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a prominent Senate Republican defense hawk, warned Monday that a Russian nuclear attack against Ukraine would be viewed as an attack on NATO, even though Ukraine is not a member of the alliance. Graham delivered his warning after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would “have to” use nuclear weapons if Ukrainian forces threaten Russian territory. (snip) Graham and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a resolution in June stating that any use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia, Belarus or their proxies that spreads radioactive contaminants into NATO territory would be viewed as an attack...
  • The Littlest Boy (Backpack Nukes)

    07/26/2023 2:46:19 PM PDT · by texas booster · 30 replies
    Foreign Policy Magazine via the WayBack Machine ^ | Jan 30 2014 | Adam Rawnsley & David Brown
    As Capt. Tom Davis stands at the tailgate of the military cargo plane, the night air sweeps through the hold. His eyes search the black terrain 1,200 feet below. He grips the canvas of his reserve parachute and takes a deep breath. Davis and the men who make up his Special Forces A-team are among the most highly trained soldiers in the U.S. Army. It's 1972, and Davis isn't far removed from a tour in Vietnam, where he operated along the Cambodian border. His communications sergeant served in Command and Control North, which was responsible for some of the most...
  • U.S. Wires Ukraine With Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts

    04/30/2023 10:54:14 AM PDT · by Tom Tetroxide · 83 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 28APR2023 | William J. Broad
    The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that can detect‌‌ bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb and can confirm the identity of the attacker. In part, the goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on Ukrainian soil, its atomic signature and Moscow’s culpability could be verified. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine 14 months ago, experts have worried about whether President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would use nuclear arms in combat for the first time since the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The preparations, mentioned last...
  • Czech Defense Minister: Nuclear War? Not a Problem.

    04/03/2023 8:46:08 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 21 replies
    Hungary Today ^ | 4/3/23 | Daniel Deme
    The Czech Defense Minister has succeeded in raising the already sky-high threshold of gung ho attitudes towards the possibility of the escalation of the war in Ukraine even higher. In her view, Czech citizens have nothing to fear even if nuclear weapons were to be used in the battlefield. Reacting to the news about the Kremlin’s intention to place nuclear weapons on the territory of neighboring Belarus, during an interview on Czech television last week, Jana Černochová tried to reassure Czech citizens about the prospect of a nuclear escalation. However, instead of trying to dismiss such theories, or inform about...
  • A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It’s the first in nearly seven years

    03/07/2023 2:18:01 PM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 35 replies
    CNBC ^ | 7 Mar 2023 | Catherine Clifford
    On Monday, Georgia Power announced that the Vogtle nuclear reactor Unit 3 has started a nuclear reaction inside the nuclear reactor. Technically, this is called “initial criticality” and is when the nuclear fission process has started splitting atoms, generating heat. Vogtle’s Unit 3 reactor will be fully in service in May or June, Georgia Power said. The last time a nuclear reactor reached the same milestone was almost seven years ago when the Tennessee Valley Authority started splitting atoms at the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor in Tennessee, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “This is a truly exciting time...
  • US, Russian Spy Chiefs Meet On Moscow Nuclear Threat

    11/14/2022 8:04:00 PM PST · by TigerLikesRoosterNew · 8 replies
    IBT ^ | 11/14/22 | Paul HANDLEY
    The US and Russian spy chiefs held a rare face-to-face meeting in Ankara Monday on Moscow's nuclear threats in Ukraine and Americans held prisoner by the Kremlin, the White House said. In what appeared to be the highest-level direct talks between officials of the two countries since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met with Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman confirmed the meeting, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said it came as "an initiative of the American side," according to Russian media. Peskov declined to...
  • US nuclear industry finds it will not survive without Russian fuel

    10/29/2022 2:24:53 PM PDT · by algore · 19 replies
    US companies specializing in the construction of next-generation smaller nuclear power plants aimed at improving the country's energy security find it difficult to obtain fuel for those power plants. There is only one company that sells such fuel, and unfortunately for them, the company is located in Russia, Reuters reports. The energy crisis that broke out as a result of Russia's special operation in Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions pushed Washington to develop nuclear industry faster. The USA already has designs for new modern reactors known as Small Modular Reactors. They are more efficient, faster and cheaper to build. However,...
  • Biden questions Putin’s nuke denial: ‘Why does he keep talking about it?’

    10/28/2022 7:22:59 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/28/2022 | Snejana Farberov
    President Biden raised doubts this week about Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s claim that he never intended to use nuclear weapons. “If he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it?” Biden said during an interview with NewsNation Thursday. “Why does he talk about the ability to use a tactical nuclear weapon?” The president described Russia’s leader as “very dangerous” in his approach to nuclear weapons. “He can end this all, get out of Ukraine,” Biden added. The US president expressed skepticism about Putin’s intentions just hours after the Kremlin strongman said at a conference of international foreign policy...
  • MAD VLAD Deranged Putin has ALREADY tried to detonate nuclear bomb but was scuppered in last-minute ‘sabotage’, insider claims

    10/20/2022 10:01:02 AM PDT · by libh8er · 67 replies
    The Sun ^ | 10.20.2022
    The desperate tyrant, 70, is feared by Nato to have his finger inching closer to the trigger ready to launch a nuclear show of force. The mounting concerns prompted Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to cancel his plans and jet to Washington for crisis talks this week. Analysts feared Putin would detonate a warhead in the Black Sea, potentially unleashing tsunamis and a poisonous gas cloud. It was also claimed plans were under way to test fire a tactical nuke in the Arctic before launching one on the battlefield in Ukraine. Recent days have seen a number of Notam messages -...
  • Putin 'should have nuked Queen's FUNERAL' because so many Western leaders were there, Russian TV military pundit declares

    09/20/2022 2:15:11 PM PDT · by algore · 59 replies
    Putin should have nuked the Queen's funeral while world leaders were all in one place, one of the Kremlin's most-prominent propagandists has declared. Olga Skabeyeva, dubbed Putin's 'Iron Doll', made the ghoulish suggestion last night - just hours after Her Majesty's body was laid to rest at the end of 11 days of mourning. The 37-year-old - who is married to a Russian politician - was speaking with guests about when and where her country could use its nukes when she said: 'We should have done it today, all the best people are [in Britain] for the funeral.' With a...
  • Is Putin going to launch a nuclear war?

    03/18/2022 7:38:58 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRoosterNew · 71 replies
    Kyiv Independent ^ | March 18, 2022 | Oleg Sukhov
    Is Putin going to launch a nuclear war? March 18, 2022 6:55 pm by Oleg Sukhov Days after launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered to put his country’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert, effectively threatening the world with a nuclear war. With the ongoing military invasion proving to be extremely costly for Russia, the key question now is whether Putin is bluffing. When starting the invasion, Putin said that any outside country trying to interfere in the war in Ukraine would face “consequences that they have never seen in their history,” which can be interpreted...
  • Russia nuke fears spark panic-buying of radiation-blocking pills

    03/15/2022 11:37:17 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Nypost ^ | 03/15/2022 | Lee Brown
    Fears that Russia will start a nuclear war have sparked panic-buying of radiation-blocking potassium iodide in the US and Europe — with the hard-to-get pills being sold for more than 10 times the usual price on sites such as eBay. The largest distributors of the pills, which can counteract the effects of radiation poisoning, told CNN Business they have put a rush on making more after being overwhelmed with demand.
  • Nuclear Survival in South Carolina

    03/01/2022 8:38:40 AM PST · by DeplorablePaul · 57 replies
    SC Fema ^ | September 1990 | Fema
    This is the nuclear target map for South Carolina, but remember, fallout can go anywhere or everywhere (and probably will). After you have looked at this map look at the Information for South Carolina that follows it.
  • How an AP1000 Plant Is Changing the Nuclear Power Paradigm Through District Heating, Desalination

    11/01/2021 1:22:48 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 22 replies
    Power Mag ^ | 1 Nov 2021 | Sonal Patel
    Already remarkable for being the world’s second Westinghouse AP1000 reactor to be brought online, Shandong Nuclear Power Co.’s Haiyang nuclear power plant is pioneering two significant aspects of nuclear diversification in China: district heating and desalination. In 2009, China only had 11 operational nuclear power reactors—three that used domestic technologies, two were Russian technology, four were French technologies, and the remainder are Canadian-designed. It now operates 50 units—a combined 50 GW. The heating project alone could translate to an “annual savings of about 6.62 million tons of standard coal,” it said. The company projects that by 2030, Haiyang and other...