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Nuclear leakage in Ganga? How a secret CIA mission 60 years ago may haunt the billions in India who depend on the holy riverIn 1965, India’s top climbers carried a nuclear spying device up Nanda Devi for the CIA to watch China’s atomic tests. Bad weather forced t...
02 Jul, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spikeIran successfully launches Soraya satellite into highest orbit yet, according to state-run IRNA news agency. The satellite was placed in an...
20 Jan, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
US Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules safe; but toxic dangers lurked, documents showAir Force nuclear missile crews faced toxic risks in capsules since the '60s. Documents reveal hazards ignored by leadership. Current cance...
29 Dec, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risksThe control stations for America’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles have a sort of 1980s retro look, with computing panels in se...
10 Dec, 2023, 06.52 PM IST
How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose - an aerospace engineer explainsA second important challenge stems from the fact that they operate in a different region of the atmosphere from other existing threats. The...
16 Apr, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
Lt Raj Bansal: The Indian-American finger on US nuclear buttonDeployed in 1970, the Minuteman III is also the first MIRV— capable missile — Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle.
31 Jul, 2014, 11.42 AM IST