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Watch: The Brave Six Who Stood Beneath An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
To assess the impact of nuclear weapons on humans, the US undertook an exceptionally audacious experiment.
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Christopher Nolan On How Nuclear Blast Scene Was Recreated In His Next Film
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has revealed that as part of the production for his new movie 'Oppenheimer' he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without any CGI effects.
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Full-Scale Nuclear War Could Cause Global Famine, Kill Billions, Study Suggests
Nuclear conflict could wipe out over 5 billion people due to starvation if a modern full-scale war were to occur between two superpowers. Researchers at Rutgers University calculated the amount of soot that would be injected into the atmosphere due to the detonation of nuclear weapons. Here's what the study discovered about the threats to humankind...
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Computers Can Detect Volcanic Eruptions, Chemical Blasts Using Artificial Explosion Signals, Study Claims
Computers could be trained using artificial explosion signals, to help them better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions. Infrasound is at a frequency too low to be heard by humans and travels farther than high-frequency audible waves. As explosions haven't occurred at every location on the planet and the atmosph...
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North Korea Is Testing "Nuclear Detonation Device", Says Seoul
North Korea has trialled a "nuclear detonation device", a senior South Korean presidential official said Wednesday.
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Nuclear Tests Ordered By Vajpayee A Watershed For India: Foreign Media
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former prime minister who transformed India into a nuclear-armed nation and ignited a weapons race in South Asia, died Thursday.
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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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In Latest Test, North Korea Detonates Its Most Powerful Nuclear Device Yet
North Korea sharply raised the stakes in its stand-off with the rest of the world Sunday, detonating a powerful nuclear device that it claimed was a hydrogen bomb that could be attached to a missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.
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Hydrogen Bomb Test A 'Perfect Success', Can Be Loaded Onto Missile: North Korea
North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on Sunday, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with a potent challenge.
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North Korea 'Explosion' Points To 'Most Powerful' Nuclear Test
North Korea appeared to carry out a sixth nuclear test Sunday, possibly of a hydrogen bomb more powerful than any device it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with an unprecedented challenge.
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'All US' Within Range, Says North Korea's Kim Jong-Un After Missile Test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Pyongyang's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile confirmed all the US mainland was within striking range, state media reported Saturday.
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North Korea Says Missile Tests Simulated Nuclear Strike On South
North Korea said on Wednesday its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.
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No 'Imminent' Signs Of North Korea Nuclear Test: US Think Tank
Recent satellite images show no imminent signs of a fifth North Korean nuclear test, following the conclusion of a party congress that many thought Pyongyang would mark with an atomic detonation, a US think tank said today.
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Will We Ever Know If North Korea Detonated An H-Bomb?
It was, North Korea insists, a successful test of the "H-bomb of justice." "One's destiny should be defended," Pyongyang declared in a statement issued shortly after the Wednesday blast, saying it had "proudly joined the advanced ranks of nuclear weapons states."
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Donald Trump Says South Korea Pays 'Peanuts' For US Troop Presence
South Korea should pay the United States "very substantially" for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang detonated a nuclear device.
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Watch: The Brave Six Who Stood Beneath An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
To assess the impact of nuclear weapons on humans, the US undertook an exceptionally audacious experiment.
-
Christopher Nolan On How Nuclear Blast Scene Was Recreated In His Next Film
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has revealed that as part of the production for his new movie 'Oppenheimer' he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without any CGI effects.
-
Full-Scale Nuclear War Could Cause Global Famine, Kill Billions, Study Suggests
Nuclear conflict could wipe out over 5 billion people due to starvation if a modern full-scale war were to occur between two superpowers. Researchers at Rutgers University calculated the amount of soot that would be injected into the atmosphere due to the detonation of nuclear weapons. Here's what the study discovered about the threats to humankind...
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Computers Can Detect Volcanic Eruptions, Chemical Blasts Using Artificial Explosion Signals, Study Claims
Computers could be trained using artificial explosion signals, to help them better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions. Infrasound is at a frequency too low to be heard by humans and travels farther than high-frequency audible waves. As explosions haven't occurred at every location on the planet and the atmosph...
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North Korea Is Testing "Nuclear Detonation Device", Says Seoul
North Korea has trialled a "nuclear detonation device", a senior South Korean presidential official said Wednesday.
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Nuclear Tests Ordered By Vajpayee A Watershed For India: Foreign Media
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former prime minister who transformed India into a nuclear-armed nation and ignited a weapons race in South Asia, died Thursday.
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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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In Latest Test, North Korea Detonates Its Most Powerful Nuclear Device Yet
North Korea sharply raised the stakes in its stand-off with the rest of the world Sunday, detonating a powerful nuclear device that it claimed was a hydrogen bomb that could be attached to a missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.
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Hydrogen Bomb Test A 'Perfect Success', Can Be Loaded Onto Missile: North Korea
North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on Sunday, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with a potent challenge.
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North Korea 'Explosion' Points To 'Most Powerful' Nuclear Test
North Korea appeared to carry out a sixth nuclear test Sunday, possibly of a hydrogen bomb more powerful than any device it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with an unprecedented challenge.
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'All US' Within Range, Says North Korea's Kim Jong-Un After Missile Test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Pyongyang's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile confirmed all the US mainland was within striking range, state media reported Saturday.
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North Korea Says Missile Tests Simulated Nuclear Strike On South
North Korea said on Wednesday its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in South Korea and were personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.
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No 'Imminent' Signs Of North Korea Nuclear Test: US Think Tank
Recent satellite images show no imminent signs of a fifth North Korean nuclear test, following the conclusion of a party congress that many thought Pyongyang would mark with an atomic detonation, a US think tank said today.
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Will We Ever Know If North Korea Detonated An H-Bomb?
It was, North Korea insists, a successful test of the "H-bomb of justice." "One's destiny should be defended," Pyongyang declared in a statement issued shortly after the Wednesday blast, saying it had "proudly joined the advanced ranks of nuclear weapons states."
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Donald Trump Says South Korea Pays 'Peanuts' For US Troop Presence
South Korea should pay the United States "very substantially" for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang detonated a nuclear device.
