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Russia's Mikhail Kalashnikov invented the deadly AK-47 rifle, but a 2013 letter to church just before his death revealed his deepest regret: 'My spiritual pain is unbearable'The rifle he developed in 1947 was primarily intended to safeguard Russia's boundaries. As he aged, Kalashnikov shared that he became more ...- What is NATO’s Article 5, the clause that could pull 32 countries into one war?An attack on one NATO member could bring 31 other countries into its defence. That is the central promise of Article 5, the collective defe...
- Kim Jong-un dead or alive: Who will take North Korea leadership in case of death of country's supreme leaderKim Jong-un (Google Trends): North Korea’s leadership succession has come under renewed scrutiny following online rumours about Kim Jong-un...
- AI engineers became hot property. Now they’re targets for seductionAI engineers face heightened risks as foreign intelligence ambitions escalate, targeting them for company secrets. OpenAI has alert its emp...
- A TV show on a detached piece of Russian land triggers nuke warningRecent tensions have arisen between Russia and NATO regarding the strategic territory of Kaliningrad. This situation escalated following a ...
- A 1967 promise to keep space peaceful faces a new test: What happens when satellites become targets? America’s space weapons reveal a new battlefieldThe United States has deployed space control weapons, sparking global concerns about an orbital arms race. These systems are designed to de...
- A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problemBut both countries are vying for a decisive advantage on AI, with Trump warning that any efforts to regulate the technology would help Chin...
- US military deploys weapons in space thousands of kilometres above Earth that can strike with brute forceThe United States has acknowledged for the first time that it has deployed “space control weapons” in orbit capable of defending American f...
- Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan's World War Two legacy disputeRussia's film screening in Taiwan has raised government concerns about China's narrative. The film focused on Japanese militarism and World...
- Forget tanks, fighter jets: US, Russia & China are preparing for battles beyond Earth, where destroying one satellite could disrupt an entire military networkSpace is now a contested military domain as nations develop capabilities to disrupt satellites. The United States, Russia, and China are en...
- In 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his team invented first long-range ballistic missile for Nazi Germany but it was built by concentration camp prisoners under brutal conditions, laying the foundation for both the American and Soviet space programsIn 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his research team invented the first long-range ballistic missile secretly for Nazi Germany...
- With wary eye on Russia, Finland runs Europe's largest civil defence exercise since WWIIFinland has initiated an extensive civil defence drill, simulating scenarios of cyberattacks and missile threats to bolster preparedness. B...
- In 1949, Soviet Union detonated its first atom bomb, ending U.S. monopoly on atomic weapons, more than seven decades later United States and Russia together hold over 80 per cent of world's nuclear arms stockpileSoviet Union’s first atomic bomb test transformed the international security landscape. On August 29, 1949, the world entered a new stage i...
- In 1975, Soviet Union sent a cannon to space and tested it from Salyut 3 station, just six months before US and Soviet astronauts met in orbit for the Apollo-Soyuz mission during the Cold WarIn January 1975, the Soviet Union fired a 23mm cannon from its Salyut 3 military space station as a test of its orbital defence system. The...
- In 1991, the Soviets abandoned anthrax island, a bioweapon facility which still has over 90% chance of killing people decades after its creationVozrozhdeniye Island served as a Soviet biological weapons testing site for decades. Weaponized anthrax spores left behind remain a dangero...
- Vladimir Putin says Russia won't let Ukraine obtain nuclear weaponsRussian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia would not permit Ukraine to acquire nuclear weapons, emphasizing that any such move f...
- Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko says there can be 'nuclear weapons for everyone'In an interview published on Russia's state television late on Sunday, Lukashenko, President Vladimir Putin's staunchest ally among Russia'...
- Moscow's reservation to Pak nuclear-project dates back to Cold War periodThe erstwhile Soviet Union was critical of Pakistan's nuclear programme and Islamabad's efforts to build a nuclear bomb, persons familiar w...
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- CPI(M) urges Centre to stop buying weapons from IsraelPolitburo member Sitaram Yechury asked India to suspend buying weapons from Israel as it is helping them to fund their war against Palestin...
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