It was Aug­ust 14 1945, eight and five days ­(respectively) after atomic bombs had been dropped on Hiro­shima and Nagasaki. Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, was about to ­announce the end of ...

This will release about 8 million tons of TNT energy which will cause 500 times more destruction than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima ... the earth without any accident.

Visitors can tour the bunker, press the grey button, and inspect the 120ft hulk of a Soviet “Satan” nuclear missile, 200 times more powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshima. An equally ...

It's not something anyone wants to think about, but if Russia hit London with a nuke in any future global conflict, the UK ...

NASA estimates that 2024 YR4 has the potential to unleash a blast equivalent to nearly eight megatons of TNT - more than 500 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Scientists ...

It's not something anyone wants to think about, but if Russia hits the UK with nuclear missiles, the UK government has ...

That means its explosion would be 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. In the weeks following its discovery, the estimated odds of a direct hit ...

A new paper - jointly published by Core Power, NorthStandard and Lloyd's Register - highlights how the UK ... of nuclear-powered ships will need to have maritime liability cover sufficient to cover a ...

That very act saved their lives. Only two atomic bombs have ever been dropped in the history of mankind, both by the United States in 1945 in the final stages of the second world war. The first ...

Speaking during a visit to Kyiv on Monday, Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed there was a “moral case” for Ukraine to develop its own nuclear weapons as the Russian threat grows.

Unlike France’s nuclear deterrent, which is a wholly national endeavour, Britain’s forces, while “operationally independent”, ...

The UK is set to be plunged back into a period of cold, wintry weather as snow is expected to return in March. Weathermaps from WXCharts turn purple next month as a 368-mile wall of snow could ...