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Nuclear Royal Navy joins Norway's biggest maritime exercise and test would-be submarine commanders
Royal Navy personnel were put through their paces during the fortnight-long maritime exercise protecting Nato's northern flank.
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Nuclear Iran's nuclear threat 'more advanced than ever before', UK Foreign Secretary warns
Mr Cleverly called out Russia and Iran as threats to the security of the Middle East in a speech at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.
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Nuclear US and Russia to discuss resuming suspended nuclear arms control inspections
They were paused during the coronavirus pandemic and languished after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Nuclear Secret Cold War-era nuclear bunker on the market for offers over £25k
It comes with body bags, gas masks and information on what to do during nuclear attack.
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Navy Fire on board Royal Navy submarine was 'quickly extinguished'
A Navy source told Forces News the fire on Vanguard-class submarine HMS Victorious "was in a self-contained module".
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Nuclear What is a 'dirty bomb' that Russia is accusing Ukraine of readying?
"This is simply Russian scare tactics reflecting weakness on the conventional battlefield," according to a nuclear weapons expert.
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Russia Putin faces 'severe consequences' if he uses nuclear weapons, No 10 warns
"The public need to be reassured that we are taking a strong lead in this area," the Prime Minister's official spokesman said.
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Veterans Government unveils plan to commemorate nuclear test programme veterans
From April next year, academic and cultural institutions can receive funding earmarked for a project marking veterans' contributions.
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Ukraine Head of Ukrainian nuclear power plant 'kidnapped by Russian forces'
Energoatom said Russian troops stopped Ihor Murashov's car, blindfolded him and then took him to an undisclosed location.
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Politics New PM Truss faces 'arguably bigger problems' than Churchill in her in-tray
Mr Ellwood says "we could easily see a tactical low yield nuclear weapon being used" if do not stand up to aggressor nations.
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Nuclear Johnson calls for medals for UK's nuclear testing veterans as Truss voted in at No 10
In 2021, the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee unanimously decided not to award a medal to veterans for their service.
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Comment Opinion: Will next PM have what it takes to push the red button?
Weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE asks where the new leader would stand in the event of a nuclear war.
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North Korea US and South Korea begin expanded military drills as nuclear threat from North builds
Pyongyang views such exercises as invasion rehearsals which justify its accelerated weapon testing programme.
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Nuclear Analysis: Threat of nuclear attack never higher and could kill five billion
In his own words, Hamish de Bretton Gordon explains why the threat of nuclear attack or accident has rarely been higher.
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Nuclear Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The devastation of the atomic bombings
"... in being the first to use it, America had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the dark ages."