Nuclear bomb

US Air Force orders 30,000-pound GBU-57 bunker busters as Iran tensions rise

After using 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) during Operation Midnight Hammer against Iranian nuclear facilities, the USAF needs to replenish its arsenal.

B-2 bomber drops a GBU-57 during a test
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and Iranian Foreign Minster Abbas Araghchi (L) hold a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026.

Turkey could join nuclear arms race if Iran acquires bomb, Hakan Fidan warns

 Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system unit drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025.

Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race

 A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025

‘All time is unredeemable’: A core, timely message for Israel - opinion


Russia simulating use of tactical nuclear weapons, recovered files show - report

The documents obtained and reviewed by the Financial Times outline how Russia planned overwhelming strikes across Western Europe, including the use of nuclear weapons.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.

Israel forgot about Iran's nuclear threat - will it pay the price?

Sources are mixed on if Jerusalem is ready to stop the bomb

 ISRAEL IS weighing up its response to the Iranian attack last weekend, but should it focus on Iran’s nuclear capabilities or strike at Iranian oil facilities?

Iran advancing research on nuclear bomb detonators, nuke expert tells 'Post'

For years, US intelligence agencies have maintained that Iran was not engaged in the key activities necessary to develop a testable nuclear device.

 Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani walks near an Iranian missile during an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, in this picture obtained on February 17, 2024.

Nagasaki Mayor’s immoral decision debases memory of innocent Japanese, Israelis - opinion

The snub to the Israeli ambassador endangers decades of work on relations between Israel, the Jewish people, and Japan.

 People offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing to mark the 78th anniversary of the bombing, following a change in venue and scaling down of the ceremony due to Typhoon Khanun approaching, at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan August 9, 2023.

Controversy surrounding Israel's inclusion at annual atomic bombing memorial event - CNN report

Nagasaki, the second city hit by an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, told CNN that they had not decided whether to invite Israel or not.

 People release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on an anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city in Hiroshima, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 6, 2023.

Risk of atomic Armageddon: US must restore military deterrence against Iran - opinion

Perhaps if the Iranians had thought there was a credible US-Israel military threat, we wouldn’t be in this position today.

 An illustrative image of a nuclear explosion.

With Raisi gone, where will new Iran president take the region? - Analysis

Will a reformist win and chart a new course with the West and nuclear deal negotiations or will another hardliner win and continue Raisi’s anti-Western stance?

 Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili votes at a polling station in a snap presidential election to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, Iran June 28, 2024.

Uri Geller: Aliens built the Jerusalem Temple, may help Israel during war

Israeli mystifier and entertainer Uri Geller claims that aliens built monuments like Stonehenge and the biblical Temple in Jerusalem, and reaffirms the benevolent nature of these aliens.

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Iran nuke scientist says ‘not complicated to build atomic bomb’

"When producing a nuclear bomb, you make a device where the chain reaction is not controlled, so it is much easier. The important point is that our nuclear capabilities are high.”

 A screengrab from a video released on March 25, 2024 by the Israeli army shows what they say are Iranian weapons that were seized by the Israel Security Agency and by the Israel Defense Forces, at an unknown location.

US Congressman's controversial comments on Gaza: Nagasaki and Hiroshima comparison

Controversy arises as US Congressman's Gaza comments evoke nuclear war imagery, drawing widespread criticism

 US Representative Tim Walberg (Center), April 23, 2015.