Weapons technology
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‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who c…
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Japanese yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
US authorities charged Takeshi Ebisawa with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected …
- Japan, Joe Biden, Nuclear waste, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, China, Second world war, Weapons technology, Russia, Donald Trump, US military
A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one
With Putin’s threats in Ukraine, China’s accelerated weapons programme and the US’s desire for superiority, wh…
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Saudis ask to join UK, Italy and Japan’s joint air combat programme
UK-backed move could help spread cost of developing fighter jet and drones, but may prove controversialSaudi A…
- Japan, Saudi Arabia, Air transport, World news, Aerospace industry, Ministry of Defence, Military, Weapons technology, UK news, Italy, Aeronautics
Ministry of Defence awards £650m to firms working on Tempest fighter jet
BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce among those funded, with aim of producing new aircraft by 2035The Ministry of Defe…