India successfully test-fires N-capable Agni-4 ballistic missile with strike range of 4,000km The test of the…
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81 years after Hiroshima, Indian subcontinent most at risk of nuclear flashpoint
Three Rafales of the IAF, fly in formation during Exercise Pitch Black in Australia. (Image credit:…
Eye on Russia: Lithuania moves to scrap nuclear weapons ban as ‘geopolitical situation getting worse’
Lithuania is considering removing a constitutional provision that bans it from having nuclear weapons Lithuania is…
How cold launch technology lets submarines fire ballistic missiles without blowing themselves up
Launching a ballistic missile from a submarine is among the most complex and dangerous operations in…
Head to head: India and Pakistan’s nuclear missile arsenal
A year before the fierce exchange of US-Israeli and Iranian missiles in West Asia, the Indian…
The story behind Pokhran: How one ‘peaceful explosion’ in 1974 made India a nuclear power by 1998
At 8:05am on May 18, 1974, the stillness of the deserts north-east of Jaisalmer was shattered…