All news on the topic: Nuclear weapons

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Furious Putin claims West is pushing him ’to point of no return’ on nuclear World War III
Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the West of pushing him to point of no return and has issued new threats on nuclear World War 3 - he accused NATO leaders of ’extreme recklessness’
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In UK enquiries about luxury nuclear bunkers reach record high
Deputy Oliver Dowden spent his Wednesday morning promoting a new website that helps people prepare for a national crisis after government research showed that more than 40 per cent of Brits do not have three days of supplies of non-perishable food and water.
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Threat of WW3 looms as Iran insists president Raisi’s death ’won’t deter regime’ amid nuclear tensions
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has scrambled to assure his country that its warped regime will continue as normal following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi.
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Alarming map depicts regions of Britain at risk of devastation in a hypothetical Russian nuclear strike
A shocking map has shown the devastating impact a nuclear attack could have across the UK - with millions dead, third-degree burns and cities completely destroyed
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Putin ready to launch invasion of Nato nations & could annex parts of Estonia & Sweden to test West, warns top spy boss
Recent weeks have seen European members of Nato warning the public that Russian action may be imminent
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The Ministry of Defence spent £250,000 to bury thousands of reports on nuclear blood tests
Tens of thousands of files dating from the Cold War that showed the horror effects of radiation and nuclear testing on British troops were covered up
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The Ministry of Defence faces accusations of "dangerous levels of incompetence" for lacking awareness of who has accessed nuclear secrets
The Atomic Weapons Establishment says a ’software update’ means it has lost track of who has used its highly-classified databases.
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Horrifying map shows which parts of UK nuclear attack would wipe out
Huge swathes of the UK would be wiped out if a nuclear attack was launched on Britain but London would be the likely target and would be destroyed
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Putin prepared for nuclear attack on China, bombshell Kremlin military docs show
The classified papers describe a threshold for using tactical nuclear weapons that is lower than Russia has ever publicly admitted - including potential use on China
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Putin's nuclear warning 'doesn't mean much in real life' after previous bluff
An expert tells TheMirror.com that Vladimir Putin feels enough time has passed that he can once again resort to 'straightforward nuclear bluster, and claims that confronting Moscow will mean the end of the world' in an effort to deter Western intervention in Ukraine
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Kremlin's warning to 'unleash nuclear Armageddon' on London if Ukraine is lost
‌“It’s better to return everything [to us] before it’s too late,” threatened Putin’s stooge ‌Dmitry Medvedev, warning Russia would use its “nuclear triad” on London
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Inside ‘ghost town’ nuclear bunker for prime ministers - as owner issues warning
Mike Parrish, 76, bought the former Government "secret nuclear bunker" - located under a field in Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex - in 1994 and runs it as a museum.
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South Korea issues chilling warning to Kim Jong-un as North Korea deploys weapon
The South Korean military has warned it is ready to "overwhelmingly" respond to any provocations from North Korea as Kim Jong-un's regime continues to ramp up its weapons tests
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Russia warns Joe Biden's mental decline risks sparking 'accidental nuclear war'
Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Mikhail Popov claimed that the world is 'not far from a global catastrophe' due to concerns surrounding Joe Biden's memory issues and age
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Four places in the world that would provide safety if nuclear war broke out
Where would you go in the event of WWIII breaking out? Here we take a look at four of the safest places on earth that could provide a safe haven in the event of a nuclear war
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What WW3 could look like in modern Britain - 'rations, curfews and forced camps'
As Vladimir Putin discusses the deciding factor in Russia invading more of Europe, the Mirror spoke to a world affairs expert about what modern-day war could look like in Britain
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The safest place to be in the UK during a World War 3 - but it's very exclusive
A mysterious bomb-proof bunker that can house 90 people is one of the best places to be in the UK if a nuclear war ever occurs, though it was designed for a very specific group of people
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Man calls police after finding powerful rusty Iran nuclear missile in garage
Shocked police in Washington state say an old rusted rocket found in a man's garage is an inert nuclear missile - one of the most powerful interceptors ever deployed by the US Air Force
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Human survival in a global nuclear war could depend on eating one remaining food
The Doomsday Clock has ticked closer to midnight this year amid global conflicts, and in the apocalyptic scenario of a nuclear war scientists have found that humanity could be saved by one food
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Inside secret UK nuclear bunker - and when it became the centre of a 3-day siege
Part-time soldier Ronald McDonald began a three-day siege after barricading himself inside a disused nuclear bunker in Fife, Scotland that's now become a major tourist attraction
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US putting nuclear warheads in UK is a political message to 'full of s**t' Putin
Professor of Political Science Daniel Lake told The Mirror the US stationing nuclear warheads in the United Kingdom holds no significance as Washington has dozens of nuclear weapons placed across the world and he sees little chance of a WW3 as Putin is "full of sh**t"
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US nukes to be stationed in UK are gravity bombs 3 times stronger than Hiroshima
The nuclear weapons the US could send to the UK are believed to be B61-12 gravity bombs - they can be deployed from fighter jets and are said to be stronger than the Hiroshima bomb
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Five chilling signs UK and US are heading for World War 3 amid global unrest
After Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned that we are now moving 'from a post-war to a pre-war world', we look at the warning signs that could mean WW3 is near
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US nukes to be stationed in UK for first time in 15 years over Russia threat
Pentagon documents show nuclear warheads would be housed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk as US and British military chiefs express fears over a war with Putin's Russia