Asteroid warning: How YR4 'city-killer' is the biggest threat to Earth yet
Forget climate change or another global pandemic, scientists fear a giant asteroid that could destroy an area the size of ...
Smithsonian Magazine26d
When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
While not as well known as the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the “Norwegian rocket incident” is considered one of the world’s closest brushes with nuclear war. In the early morning hours of ...
CNN6d
Iran is rearming its missile program and a ship of supplies just arrived from China, Western sources say
The sodium perchlorate could allow for the production of sufficient propellant for some 260 solid rocket motors for Iran’s Kheibar Shekan missiles or 200 of the Haj Qasem ballistic missiles ...
BBC28d
Christmas tree pavlova
Meanwhile, make the filling. Bring the remaining caster sugar and 150ml/5fl oz water to the boil in a saucepan. Stir in the ground cloves, ground ginger, cinnamon stick, and lemon and orange peel ...
The Hindu26d
Pralay, India’s first ballistic missile for conventional strikes, to be showcased at Republic Day parade
“The rocket force that is being planned will eventually have all these conventional missiles brought under one umbrella. There are talks for a rocket force that is being looked as a tri-service ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs29d
Over 1,000 tons of missile fuel chemicals head for Iran from China – report
Two Iranian cargo ships may be seeking to move key chemicals for missile propellants from China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The vessels could depart from China in the next few ...
The Financial Times29d
Ships carrying missile propellant ingredients set to sail from China to Iran, say officials
A missile is launched during an air defence drill in an undisclosed location in Iran. Intelligence officials say chemicals are being shipped to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the elite arm ...
Reuters29d
Ships with missile propellant ingredient set to sail from China to Iran, FT reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying an ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday ...
Ars Technica23d
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
One of the new Trump administration's first national security directives aims to defend against missile and drone attacks targeting the United States, and several elements of the plan require an ...
Euronews27d
What is the Pantsir-S1, the missile system believed to have shot down Azerbaijan Airlines 8243?
A missile was fired at flight 8243 while there was drone activity above the city of Grozny in Chechnya, exploding next to the aircraft mid-flight and sending shrapnel ripping through the cabin ...
New York Post22d
US military sending 90 Patriot missile interceptors from Israel to Ukraine: report
is a mobile interceptor surface-to-air missile system that targets and destroys enemy rocket fire before it hits its intended target. The Patriot was eventually replaced by Israel’s own missile ...