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Apr 15 2024
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Missouri weighs tax break for KC nuclear weapons facility expansion amid protests
Missouri may provide tax breaks for a massive expansion of a south Kansas City federal plant where workers build key parts for U.S. nuclear weapons. The Missouri House is poised to pass a bill from Rep. Chris Brown, a Kansas City Republican, that would offer a sales tax exemption on all materials needed to expand the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plant in south Kansas City. The
The Kansas City StarApr 14 2024
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Israel should consider destroying Iran’s nuclear weapons program after strikes: Bolton
Following Iran’s attack on Israel Saturday, former White House national security adviser, John Bolton, laid out different targets Israel could consider to retaliate against Iran. On CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Bolton had various suggestions about attacks Israel could consider. He said that unless Iran sees a powerful deterrence from Israel, attacks will continue. “The way you
Washington ExaminerFeb 28 2024
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Huge Texas wildfire temporarily halts nuclear weapons plant
A fast-moving wildfire burning through the Texas Panhandle grew into the second-largest blaze in state history today, forcing evacuations and triggering power outages as firefighters struggled to contain the widening flames. The sprawling blaze was part of a cluster of fires that burned out of control and threatened rural towns, where local officials spent the night shutting down roads and
Honolulu Star-AdvertiserNov 16 2021
Conversation Guide
Nuclear Weapons
It has been more than 70 years since the US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The number of nuclear weapons in existence worldwide are down from a peak of 68,000. Currently there are an estimated 15,000 nuclear weapons in storage, on alert or lost. What is the right thing to do now that the generation that first built and deployed nuclear weapons has passed and left responsibility for these
Living Room ConversationsFeb 22 2024
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U.S. Warns Russia Not to Deploy Nuclear-Armed Space Weapon
The U.S. government has been in direct contact with Russia to warn Moscow not to deploy a new nuclear-armed antisatellite weapon, which it said would violate the Outer Space Treaty and jeopardize U.S. national security interests, U.S. officials said.
The outreach to Moscow is part of a diplomatic campaign that the Biden administration is mounting to head off the threat that also
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 10 2020
Background
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear bomb) is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first
WikipediaFeb 15 2024
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Russia’s Advances on Space-Based Nuclear Weapon Draw U.S. Concerns
The United States has informed Congress and its allies in Europe about Russian advances on a new, space-based nuclear weapon designed to threaten America’s extensive satellite network, according to current and former officials briefed on the matter.
Such a satellite-killing weapon, if deployed, could destroy civilian communications, surveillance from space and military command-and
New York Times (News)Mar 13 2024
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Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an election in which he’s all but certain to secure another six-year term.
The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about his readiness to use nuclear weapons since invading Ukraine in February
Associated PressFeb 28 2024
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Gov. Abbott Declares Disaster as Texas Wildfires Impact Nuclear Weapons Plant
Wildfires raging through the Texas panhandle caused a nuclear weapons facility to pause operations amid evacuations and a disaster declaration from Gov. Greg Abbott that covered 60 counties. Pantex, where most of America’s nuclear weapons are assembled or disassembled, shut down Tuesday night due to the fires, according to CBS. The facility reopened on Wednesday. As of early Wednesday, the
Western JournalFeb 28 2024
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Texas wildfires threatened a nuclear weapon facility. Here is what we know
A nuclear weapons facility was forced to briefly evacuate most of its staff due to threats from a fast moving wildfire in the Texas Panhandle. The Pantex plant, northeast of Amarillo, evacuated nonessential staff Tuesday night as the blaze grew into the second largest in state history. Pantex is one of six production facilities in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nuclear Security
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