Moscow: Russia’s nuclear agency chief on Monday confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing “new weapons” and vowed to continue testing despite the explosion. The accident took place at an Arctic military facility on the coast of the White Sea on Thursday, but Russian authorities only admitted its nuclear nature on Saturday. The […]

Radiation levels were up to 16 times the norm in a nearby town, the national weather service said Tuesday August 13th, after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site on Thursday. Russian authorities recommended residents leave area. The explosion at the Arctic facility on Thursday killed five scientists with Russia’s nuclear agency, which later […]

Two people died in an explosion at a military base in the Russian far north Thursday that caused a brief spike in radiation, the second accident to hit the country’s facilities in a week. An explosion occurred during testing of a liquid propellant jet engine at the base near the Arctic, causing equipment to catch […]

DefenceTalkA blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported. US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said the explosion occurred at a building at the Sagami Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-confirms-blast-at-us-military-post-in-japan-65082/