Tag: nukes

Supreme Court Nukes Hunter Biden Laptop Conspiracy in Brutal Ruling

The Supreme Court issued a surprising decision on Wednesday, finding that complaints that the Biden administration had forced censorship on conservative social media users were unfounded. In its 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court laid a death blow in particular to the conspiracy theory that the FBI forced social media companies to suppress stories about Hunter […]

Russia will use nukes regardless of whether we arm Ukraine

Over the past few weeks, Western countries have green-lit Ukraine’s use of Nato-class weapons to strike targets on Russian territory. Russia has responded with a predictable chorus of nuclear threats. with former President Dmitry Medvedev threatening Washington, Paris, and London with nuclear annihilation if Nato countries placed troops in Ukraine. At the St. Petersburg Economic […]

Russia is raising a stink about F-16s in Ukraine by saying they’re nuclear-capable, even though the types of warplanes already deployed there can carry nukes

Russia said on Monday that it would treat F-16s in Ukraine as an escalation because they’re nuclear-capable. The Foreign Ministry said it would consider the delivery of the jets as a “purposeful provocation.” Meanwhile, the warplanes already used by Ukraine can technically be fitted to deploy nukes too. Russia warned on Monday against the expected arrival […]

Episode 101 — Nukes in Space

On Episode 101 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Space.com’s Brett Tingley discuss the recent reports and delve into the history of the militarization of space by Russia, China, and the United States. Russia is building a secret nuclear-powered space weapon, but what does that mean for the rest of us? Tariq and Brett […]

Russia’s Medvedev again threatens use of nukes against Ukraine

Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, has once again mentioned nuclear weapons in the context of Russian attacks on Ukraine. “What was used, as we know, was various delivery vehicles with different warheads. Except for nuclear ones, for thetime being,” the official said. Speaking at a meeting of the Russian Military and Defence Commission, Medvedev described […]