Nuclear Bomb Tests

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  N-Bomb Can Deflect Life-Threatening Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth In Future

  Humanity could use a nuclear bomb to deflect a massive, life-threatening asteroid hurtling towards Earth in the future, according to scientists who tested the theory in the laboratory by blasting X-rays at a marble-sized "mock asteroid".

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  Nuclear X-rays Could Deflect Asteroids and Protect Earth, Study Suggests

  Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have discovered that exploding a nuclear bomb near an asteroid may produce X-rays powerful enough to push it off course. Instead of blowing the asteroid apart, the method involves vaporising its surface to alter its trajectory. Using the Z Machine, the world’s most powerful X-ray source, they successf...

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  North Korea's Weapons Programme Defies Covid Outbreak

  North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it.

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  In Pics: A Look At North Korea's Arsenal And What's In It

  North Korean missiles has the capability to hit target almost anywhere on Earth, a capability it has honed with comprehensive testing.

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  Viral Video Shows Nuclear Explosion In Virtual Reality

  The video posted on Reddit has shocked the internet with people analysing the actual consequences of a nuclear bomb.

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  North Korea 'Paves The Way' For More Nuclear Tests: UN Report

  North Korea made preparations for a nuclear test during the first six months of this year, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

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  North Korea Appears To Be Restoring Its Dismantled Nuclear Test Site, Says South Korea

  North Korea has not tested a nuclear bomb since 2017, but it has suggested it could resume such testing

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  2017 North Korean Nuke Test 'Equivalent To 17 Hiroshimas': ISRO Report

  A North Korean nuclear test in 2017 was so powerful that it moved the surface of Mount Mantap, the test location, as the explosion was 17 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, a team of researchers from the Indian space agency said.

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  India Capable Of Nuclear Test At Short Notice: Defence Research Chief

  India is capable of conducting a nuclear test at short notice, defence research chief Dr S Christopher has told NDTV. This assertion from one of the country's top scientists comes 20 years after India successfully tested its nuclear capability in Pokhran.

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  Pokhran Anniversary: Why Pokhran-II Tests Were Different From Pokhran-I

  India on Friday (May 11, 2018) is observing the 20th anniversary of the Pokhran-II nuclear bomb tests which were conducted at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district in May 1998.

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  North Korea Nuclear Test Site Partially Collapsed After Bomb Blast: Chinese Experts

  North Korea's underground nuclear test site has partially collapsed following a massive bomb blast last year, making it unusable, Chinese seismologists have concluded.

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  After Six Tests, The Mountain Hosting North Korea's Nuclear Blasts May Be Exhausted

  Have North Korea's nuclear tests become so big that they've altered the geological structure of the land? Some analysts now see signs that Mount Mantap, the 7,200-foot-high peak under which North Korea detonates its nuclear bombs, is suffering from "tired mountain syndrome."

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  Another Nuclear Bomb Test? China Says North Korea Quake 'Suspected Explosion'

  China's earthquake administration said on Saturday it had detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that was a "suspected explosion".

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  North Korea Raises Threat Of Hydrogen Bomb Test Over Pacific Ocean

  North Korea could consider testing a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean in retaliation to Donald Trump's threats to destroy the country, Pyongyang's Foreign Minister said Friday

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  Trump Imposes New Sanctions On North Korea; Kim Says He Will 'Tame The Mentally Deranged US Dotard With Fire'

  President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new financial sanctions targeting North Korea as his administration seeks to build international support for more aggressively confronting the rogue nation, whose escalating nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have reached what US officials consider a crisis point