News of the nuclear industry and energy
The new icebreaker "Siberia" has completed factory sea trials
Russia has completed factory sea trials of the newest nuclear icebreaker "Siberia" project 22220 type "Arctic". It is planned to transfer the vessel to the customer by the end of the year.
Lukashenko has not ruled out the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus
Minsk - Belarus will offer Russia its territory for the deployment of nuclear weapons if the nuclear weapons of NATO countries end up in Poland, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti, RIA Novosti reports.
In Russia, the loading of "Yars" into the mine was shown
The Russian Defense Ministry showed the loading of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the launch shaft. The Kozelsky missile compound was the first to receive a new mine-based ammunition. The video of the rocket preparation was published by the Telegram channel Zvezdanews.
The Yars rocket was loaded into a mine launcher in the Kaluga region
In the Kozelsky missile compound (Kaluga Region), an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was loaded into a mine launcher (SHPU).
A rocket engine powered by plastic garbage has successfully passed the first tests
The hybrid rocket engine of the young British company Pulsar Fusion has become the first step of an ambitious project that includes the development of its thermonuclear technology for practical use. At least, they promise to do it by 2025, and in 2027 they will already send a rocket with such an engine into space. If the venture is successful, the travel time to Mars may be reduced by half.
Nuclear "Well done": how the Soviet "ghost train" scared the USA
"Train number zero" was no different from ordinary freight trains. It was not supposed to know what he was transporting. On November 28, 1989, the combat railway missile system "Molodets" began to run in the USSR. The details are at Radio Sputnik.
Seoul monitors North Korea's nuclear and missile activities
South Korea monitors the DPRK's nuclear and missile activities in close cooperation with the United States, Yonhap reports, citing the Ministry of Unification of the two Koreas.
Russia's Permanent Representative in Vienna Ulyanov expressed concern about the "information vacuum" around AUKUS
Moscow is concerned about the "information vacuum" around the AUKUS alliance and the secrecy of this partnership between Australia, the UK and the USA, and is waiting for answers to questions, said Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.
The nuclear tug project is at the stage of resource provision discussion
What specific resource provision is being discussed, Roscosmos did not specify
The draft program on nuclear space energy (nuclear tugboat "Zeus") is under discussion of resource provision. This was announced on Friday by the Executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.
In Russia, the US Air Force exercises were evaluated
Exercises of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States with the development of a nuclear strike was evaluated in Russia. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia about the consequences of the actions of the United States.
The US Air Force in Nevada worked out a nuclear airstrike - The Pentagon
American F-15E fighters carried out a training bombing using unarmed nuclear bombs in Nevada, the US Air Force reported.
North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon continues to work - Mass media
North Korea seems to be continuing to operate a nuclear reactor producing plutonium at the Yongbyon nuclear research complex, according to the American resource 38 North, which tracks Pyongyang's activities, citing recent satellite images.
EU leaders recalled Iran's atomic bomb program
The United Kingdom, France and Germany (the "eurotroika" on Iran) expressed concern that Iran's continuation of the uranium enrichment program could allow Tehran to move to the creation of nuclear weapons.
The lead nuclear icebreaker "Arctic" has been tested
The main universal nuclear icebreaker of the project 22220 "Arctic" built by the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) entered the waters of the Gulf of Finland to undergo acceptance tests.
Australia is preparing to develop a nuclear fleet
Australia has taken the first step towards creating a nuclear submarine fleet. On November 23, information appeared on the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy that the United States and Great Britain will share their nuclear power plant technologies for submarines for the first time.
Shoigu called the priority of the combat readiness of nuclear forces, non-nuclear deterrence because of NATO
The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Combat readiness of nuclear forces and strengthening the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces are a priority against the background of NATO military preparations - Shoigu
The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Shoigu: the military construction complex was focused on the nuclear deterrence system
The main efforts of the military construction complex this year were focused on the creation of nuclear deterrence system facilities, locations of incoming weapons, improvement of airfields, infrastructure of the Arctic grouping, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Ex-MEP Penk proposed to raise the status of Poland with the help of nuclear weapons from the United States
Former senator and MEP from Poland Bogdan Penk, in an interview with Polskie Radio, speculated about ways to "intimidate Russia."
The crew of the strategic submarine "Vladimir Monomakh" was awarded the ship's cup
This is how the salvo rocket launch with four Bulava missiles was marked in December 2020
Submariners serving on the strategic nuclear cruiser Vladimir Monomakh from the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) have been awarded a new badge of military valor - the ship's cup, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Sunday.
