15 h. ago China's 'secret' military base hidden in plain sight... where Beijing is developing the most advanced space, nuclear and military tech in the world

Lop Nur, has evolved into the centre of a vast programme that spans experimental aircraft, space weapons, and the most rapid nuclear expansion on the planet.

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20 h. ago How to fight in ‘hell’: Ukraine veterans say Nato not ready for war with Russia

Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era

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3 d. ago China hungry for 'slice of nuclear weapons cake' as Xi Jinping appears on 'warpath'

Satellite images of top-secret Chinese Lop Nur military base appear to have highlighted efforts of expansion, with one defence expert claiming this is proof of Xi Jinping wanting a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake'

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3 d. ago China 'wants slice of nuclear weapons cake' amid warning Xi Jinping on 'warpath'

Striking new satellite images of a top-secret military base in China are proof that Xi Jinping wants a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake', according to one defence expert

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5 d. ago Green leader Zack Polanski ridiculed for saying UK should give up nuclear weapons and 'ask Vladimir Putin to do the same'

The self-described 'eco-populist' made the comments as he set out his wish for the whole world to 'denuclearise'.

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7 d. ago Mirror campaign win as Nuke test heroes are finally honoured

Veterans ordered to spy on French and Chinese nuclear weapons will finally get a medal - but questions remain over whether they were used in human experiments

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8 d. ago Vladimir Putin's tanks could roll into European Nato country tomorrow, warns German general

Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank said Russia could now launch a limited incursion against Nato territory

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9 d. ago UFOs orbiting Earth before our first satellite found in photos from the 1950s

Unexplained flashes were mjch more likely to show up the day after nuclear weapons tests

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9 d. ago Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for UkraineUkraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on Ukraine would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin says Russia may start nuclear weapons tests in response to Trump

Russian president asks officials to draft proposals amid fears of a new atomic arms race

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1 week ago Putin signals Russia may start nuclear weapons tests in response to Trump

Russian president asks officials to draft proposals amid fears of a new atomic arms race

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1 week ago Putin orders plans to restart nuclear tests after Trump announced new weapon trials in US

The decisions sparked fears of a new nuclear weapons race

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1 week ago Putin warns Russia will consider resuming nuclear weapons tests in retaliation if US stages similar trials

Russian despot Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did the same. 

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1 week ago Russia 'prepares for first full scale nuclear tests in 35 years' in chilling threat to West

The Russian defence ministry said it was starting preparations for full-scale nuclear test explosions in the Arctic as a direct response to the United States and its allies

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1 week ago US sanctions bankers it says launder cybercrime money to pay for North Korea’s nuclear weapons

Washington accuses Pyongyang of using a network of bankers, financial institutions and shell companies to launder money gained through IT worker fraud, cryptocurrency heist and sanctions evasion

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1 week ago US sanctions bankers accused of laundering money to fund North Korea’s nukes

A network of bankers, financial institutions and shell companies are accused of diverting more than US$3 billion

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1 week ago Pakistan hits back at Donald Trump after he accuses US ally of testing nuclear weapons

US president claims China, Russia, Pakistan and North Korea are all testing nuclear weapons

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1 week ago Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says

Energy Secretary says administration will tests nuclear weapons ‘systems’ without detonating devices — for now

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1 week ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Trump claims Moscow is carrying out ‘secret’ underground nuclear weapons tests

Trump told reporters he was N’not really” considering a deal to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but could change his mind

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1 week ago Putin unveils terrifying new nuclear submarine built to carry 'doomsday' weapon capable of unleashing radioactive tidal wave

The hulking Khabarovsk, which ramps up the tyrant's threats of World War Three, is equipped to fire Vladimir Putin's notorious Poseidon nuclear drone at Western coastlines.

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