A Norwegian rocket launched on 25 January 1995 in order to study the Northern Lights, was mistaken by Russia for an incoming nuclear missile on a direct course to Moscow.

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of defeat in its ongoing war with Ukraine.

A Princeton University simulation shows how a single low-yield nuclear weapon could rapidly spiral into a full-scale US–Russia nuclear war, leaving over 90 million people dead or injured within hours and devastating Europe and major global cities.

At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a 160-foot gash across the frozen bay. All four thermonuclear weapons detonated their conventional high explosives.

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Even at the height of their Cold War nuclear rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union thrashed out a series of treaties to keep the arms race from spiralling out of control.

Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Sergey Karaganov, a former adviser to Vladimir Putin, warned that Russia could deploy nuclear weapons if it came close to defeat.

Iran does not want war with Israel or the U.S., but is ready to fight back if attacked, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says.

THE United Nations has summoned an emergency meeting after Ukraine accused Russia of war crimes for using a nuclear-capable missile in the Kremlin’s latest horror strikes. The Security

People have been asked to avoid an area of coastline where a Cold War -era nuclear bunker clinging onto the edge of a cliff could be “days away” from falling into the sea.

Nuclear expert Alex Wellerstein revealed which US cities and locations would be targeted should a war break out between America and Russia.