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US to Develop New Version of Nuclear Gravity Bomb

Washington: The US Defence Department on October 27 announced the government is moving forward with developing a new version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb. The bomb, designated B61-13, would have a yield similar to...

China’s Nuclear Arsenal Has More Than Doubled Since 2020: Senior Pentagon Official

Washington: China’s nuclear arsenal has more than doubled in the last three years, amid what a senior Pentagon official calls a “major expansion of their nuclear forces.” As of May 2023, China had around 500...

Nuclear Energy: G20 Puts Spotlight on Small Modular Reactors

New Delhi: The Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), mentioned in the G20 declaration, are compact versions of traditional nuclear reactors. Unlike their larger counterparts, they can produce up to 300 MW of power and are...

Japan Planning to Integrate Israeli Interceptors in its Air Defence Systems

Tel Aviv: Japan may integrate Israeli made interceptors in its existing air defence systems. Japan is very concerned as North Korea is getting more aggressive. North Korea is armed with nuclear weapons and has...

Voyager Space and Airbus Announce Joint Venture to Build and Operate Starlab

  DENVER.  Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus), the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, today announced an agreement paving the way for a transatlantic joint...

Nuclear Plants ‘Well Protected’ from Cyber-attacks, Invasions: Government Asserts Parliament

New Delhi: The government asserted that nuclear plants in the country are "well protected" from intrusions including from cyber-attacks. Minister of State (Independent Charge), department of atomic energy, Jitendra Singh told Parliament that government has...

General Atomics Awarded DARPA Contract to Design Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System for DRACO Mission

  SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced on April 16 that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded GA-EMS a contract to support the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO)...

India Enters a Select League of Nations, Commissions Secretive Nuclear Missile Tracking Vessel

  New Delhi: India has commissioned its secretive nuclear missile tracking vessel that had been under construction since 2014, entering a select league of nations with the capability to monitor missile launches at long distances,...

Rolls-Royce Signs MoU with Fermi Energia for Compact Nuclear Power Stations

  Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study the potential for the deployment of affordable, compact nuclear power stations, known as small modular reactors (SMR), in Estonia. The study will cover...

Private Sector Major L&T Construction Gets Contract Worth Rs 2500 Cr to Build 2 Units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

  New Delhi: Leading Indian company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on February 18 said its construction arm has bagged a contract worth up to Rs 2,500 crore for building two units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power...

Israel on Alert to Block Iranian Nuclear Programme

  In spite of heavy damage caused to some Iranians nuclear facilities, Iran soon have enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb. According to Israeli experts, the main attack on the Parchin secret facility...

Rolls-Royce Wins Contract to Provide Monitoring Systems for New Nuclear Reactors in China

New Delhi. Rolls-Royce was awarded a multi-million euros contract by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to provide the Neutron Flux Monitoring System for two nuclear reactors currently under construction in China. As part of the...

New START Demise could Cost $439 billion to US Department of Defense, says CBO

Washington: The demise of the New START treaty that limits US and Russian nuclear forces could wind up costing the United States as much as $439 billion in modernization costs, plus another $28 billion...
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