RAF ‘is preparing for a space war’ after Russian testing of anti-satellite weapons that could block military operations RAF senior officer Sir Mike Wigstone warned Britain must catch up with enemies Warned otherwise Vladimir Putin could exploit our ‘complete reliance’ on space Russia has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon in recent months By Mark Nicol … Read more
Britain is to increase its nuclear weapons stockpile by more than 40 per cent and could use them if UK is threatened by chemical or biological attacks or as-yet unknown weapons, it was revealed today. The Integrated Review raises the limit on the number of Trident warheads that can be stored from 180 to a … Read more
One dog, three-year-old sprocker spaniel Ted, was taken in December while being walked in South London Police have warned animal lovers against carrying weapons to fight off dognappers as a survey reveals eight in ten owners are growing more fearful of taking their pets for a walk. Demand for dogs during the Covid-19 crisis has triggered … Read more
One dog, three-year-old sprocker spaniel Ted, was taken in December while being walked in South London Police have warned animal lovers against carrying weapons to fight off dognappers as a survey reveals eight in ten owners are growing more fearful of taking their pets for a walk. Demand for dogs during the Covid-19 crisis has triggered … Read more
HYPERSONICS China is spending huge sums to create hypersonic missiles that will go so fast (up to twenty times the speed of sound) that military chiefs believe they will be invulnerable to any form of defence. Indeed, some analysts fear that human capability to respond to such lethal weapons will be inadequate and that the … Read more
HYPERSONICS China is spending huge sums to create hypersonic missiles that will go so fast (up to twenty times the speed of sound) that military chiefs believe they will be invulnerable to any form of defence. Indeed, some analysts fear that human capability to respond to such lethal weapons will be inadequate and that the … Read more
Joe Biden offers Vladimir Putin a five-year extension on last-remaining treaty limiting nuclear weapons NEW Start treaty limits Russia and U.S. nuclear weapons to 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers It expires on February 5 and Trump opposed extending it, saying he wanted China in a three-way limitation treaty But Russia opposed move … Read more
North Koreans appear to have rallied round leader Kim Jong-un as his Parliament prepares to rubber-stamp a plan to expand the country’s nuclear weapons programme, posing a threat to US allies and even the US mainland. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said deputies led by senior official Choe Ryong Hae, president of the … Read more
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location today, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States. ‘The base is one of several bases housing the Guards’ Navy’s strategic missiles,’ the state media quoted the head of the Guards, Major General … Read more
A ‘supergun’ being trialled by the US military has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away. Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the ‘extended-range cannon artillery system’ was tested at a firing range in Arizona. The … Read more