57 h. ago Multiple earthquakes hit city's military base where nuclear weapons were tested

A US military base where nuclear weapons have been tested was close to an earthquake felt earlier today - the 3.3 magnitude tremor rocked close to Las Vegas, Nevada

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1 week ago France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests

Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledgedFrance’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 1970s.Days before a parliamentary inquiry presents its report on the tests, documents obtained by the investigative outlet Disclose, and seen by Le Monde and the Guardian, suggest the CEA ran a concerted campaign to discredit the revelations. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US launches nuclear missile in 'doomsday test' to showcase readiness amid growing WW3 fears

The US Air Force launched a hypersonic nuclear missile in what officials described as a 'doomsday test' that The test coincided with Trump' unveiling his 'Golden Dome' plans.

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin expands nuclear missile base after test at frozen site kills five in radiation leak

A Russian military base that has reportedly seen Vladimir Putin's nuclear-powered missiles being tested appears to have been expanded according to satellite imagery

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4 w. ago AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control

AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear testArtificial intelligence companies have been urged to replicate the safety calculations that underpinned Robert Oppenheimer’s first nuclear test before they release all-powerful systems. Max Tegmark, a leading voice in AI safety, said he had carried out calculations akin to those of the US physicist Arthur Compton before the Trinity test and had found a 90% probability that a highly advanced AI would pose an existential threat. The US government went ahead with Trinity in 1945, after being reassured there was a vanishingly small chance of an atomic bomb igniting the atmosphere and endangering humanity.In a paper published by Tegmark and three of his students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), they recommend calculating the “Compton constant” – defined in the paper as the probability that an all-powerful AI escapes human control. In a 1959 interview...

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last month Military briefing: India and Pakistan test red lines of nuclear rivalry

Clashes have been carefully calibrated since they became atomic powers. But the informal rules are fraying

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