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Weapons
Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | Wired Magazine has a fascinating article on the doomsday system that was built by the Soviets 25 years ago. It was designed to obliterate the US no matter what happened to the USSR—and it still works today. Shiver. More »
Weapons
More Analysis On The Korean Rocket Launch
6:20AM Jason Chen | Really interested in what kind of nuclear rocket capability North Korea has? The Bulletin does a really in-depth analysis of the latest launch, based on released and carefully reasoned interpolated data. More »
Weapons
Just Where Can North Korea’s Missiles Hit?
6:00AM Jason Chen | This Guardian report says that North Korea would hit the United States with a “fire shower” of nukes if we attack first. But how far can NK deliver the 5-7 nukes that they’re currently suspected of having? More »
Science
Russia To Ring The Arctic With Floating Nuclear Power Stations
7:00AM Jack Loftus | Poor Mr. Polar Bear. When he’s not jumping from melting ice chunk to ice chunk trying desperately not to drown, he’s avoiding the floating Russian nuclear power stations and their potential toxic waste. More »
Weapons
Russia to Deploy Strategic Nuclear Bombers in Cuba, Venezuela
2:00PM Jesus Diaz | Oh hello, again, you Cold War you! As if we didn’t have enough problems with worldwide economic collapse, the Russians are now testing President Obama’s nuclear balls placing strategic nuclear bombers in Cuba and Venezuela: More »
Random Stuff
This Is What Happens When a Train Hits Nuclear Waste Containers at 160KPH
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | On one side, big train running at 160kph. No driver. On the other, heavy duty containers with nuclear waste. What would happen? Boom. That’s what happens. But, surprisingly, not as bad as you can imagine. More »
Online
Google Maps Hack Allows Me to Nuke London In One Click
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | It must be the two hundred and twenty-three times I’ve watched War Games, but I love this Google Maps “mapplet” that allows you to nuke cities with different atomic weapons, and even a Chicxulub-class asteroid. More »
Gadgets
Nuclear Grade Duct Tape: You Wouldn’t Want To Be Gagged With This Stuff
8:40AM Sean Fallon | In case you missed it, there is a bigger, badder duct tape in town. Used mostly in the nuclear power, shipping and steel industries, this stuff can handle just about anything. More »
Vehicles
Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They’d Hit Anyone for Days
8:34PM John Herrman | How could two submarines end up colliding in the middle of the ocean? British military types are blaming excessive stealthiness, and the French claim they didn’t realise what had happened for days. More »
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