News of the nuclear industry and energy

The series of strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey-A project and multipurpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project can be continued, this option is currently being considered. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

Will the war in Ukraine become a factor contributing to the proliferation of nuclear weapons?

Many observers believe that Ukraine has made a fatal mistake by agreeing to surrender its nuclear arsenal (once the third largest in the world), writes Project Syndicate. The author of the article considers the arguments "for" and "against" this point of view and expresses his opinion

Russian Navy gets Putin's super submarine

This Russian submarine is the largest submarine built in the last 30 years, and its power is enough to "destroy entire cities," writes the Daily Mail. Tabloid readers are in a panic. "Russia will wipe everyone into ashes," one of them is sure.

Dmitry Litovkin, Editor-in—chief of the TASS magazine "Military-Technical Cooperation" - about what is known about the new BS-329 nuclear submarine

The largest and most secret ship of the Navy (Navy) of the Russian Federation - the BS—329 Belgorod nuclear submarine - has started performing combat missions. The ceremony of handing over the submarine took place on July 8 at the largest shipbuilding enterprise in Russia — PO Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Severodvinsk.

Ukrainian soldiers of the United States were trained to perform combat missions in conditions of biological contamination. This became known as a result of a survey of the captured military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Americans tested hepatitis and West Nile fever on them. In addition, the United States and NATO allies conducted experiments in Ukraine with Congo-Crimean fever and the Ebola virus. How could these dangerous diseases be used against Russia?

How nuclear war will affect planet Earth

As part of a new study, scientists have modeled how a nuclear war will affect our planet, taking into account the modern potential in this area, writes Forbes. The scale of the conflict does not matter – everyone will suffer, the authors of the work say.

Colonel Khodarenok explained what Russia's reaction would be to Finland and Sweden joining NATO

Finland and Sweden have completed negotiations on joining NATO. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that "Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps of a military-technical and other nature to eliminate threats." What these steps may be - in the author's material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The special purpose nuclear submarine K-329 Belgorod of project 09852 will allow the Russian Navy to "dominate in the Arctic." This is described in the article of the American edition of The Drive.

The new Belgorod submarine is formally designed to solve scientific problems and rescue operations, but among its equipment there is also the most unusual thermonuclear weapon ever created.

As reported on July 8, 2022 by JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), a solemn ceremony of signing the acceptance certificate and transfer of the special-purpose nuclear submarine Belgorod to the Navy of the Russian Federation took place at the largest shipbuilding enterprise of Russia JSC Production Association Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (SMP) in Severodvinsk." project 09852 (factory number 91664).

Economic indicators support activity in the defense industry

The stabilization of the rate of decline in industrial production in the Russian Federation recorded by Rosstat in May 2022 is largely due to the dynamics of the military-industrial complex (MIC), production in mixed industries in which it is difficult to distinguish civilian products, and the production of components for nuclear reactors.

The United States is inferior to Russia and China in the field of atomic weapons and will not be able to stand up for Japan, so Tokyo needs to have its own "nuclear umbrella". Columnist Yoshiaki Yano wrote about this in his article for JB Press.

Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at IMEMO RAS, spoke about the risks of developing a nuclear conflict

Russian and Western analysts have been discussing the possibility of using nuclear weapons since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at the IMEMO RAS Center for International Security, co-founder of the Watfor project, an expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs and the Valdai Club, assessed the likelihood of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine towards the use of nuclear weapons and told what state the nuclear triads of Russia and the United States are in, as well as what Russia's response may be if the United States places its nuclear weapons on the territory of Finland and Sweden.

The Council for Grants to provide state support for the creation and development of advanced engineering schools has selected 30 higher educational institutions, the government website reported on Thursday.

China and Russia's covert nuclear partnership pushes Japan to possess nuclear weapons

Despite Biden's statements, the American nuclear umbrella is not credible, writes JB Press. The United States is inferior to Russia and China in this area. It is in America's interests to allow Japan to create its own nuclear weapons, the author of the article believes.

Belarus will receive nuclear weapons carriers

The delivery of Iskander tactical complexes to Belarus caused a serious stir in Europe. The heads of the G7 condemned Vladimir Putin's decision to supply Minsk with weapons capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Russia has created the most powerful non-nuclear weapons in the world

State tests of the newest RS-28 Sarmat ICBM began on April 20, 2022. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a successful test launch was carried out from the mine installation of the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region at the test site in Kamchatka.

The head of NATO on the fight against authoritarian countries: "We make sure that nuclear deterrence works"

A sharp increase in the Western rapid reaction forces, the deployment of NATO weapons depots closer to the border with Russia — all these dangerous steps of his organization, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg cites in an interview with Spiegel magazine. At the same time, he does not have a shadow of a doubt that only Moscow and Beijing are to blame for more and more risks.

On June 28, a three-day meeting of the heads of state and government of 30 NATO countries with the participation of partners and candidates started in Madrid. The main issues that were put forward for discussion at the event have long been known, and many media outlets have not unreasonably managed to christen this summit "anti-Russian".

NATO leaders have adopted a new concept in which Russia is called the "biggest threat" to the alliance. In addition, the United States intends to significantly increase its military presence on the territory of several European states at once. Which countries are we talking about, what kind of threat do such decisions pose to Russia and what could Moscow oppose to this?