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 Iran Tested Advanced  
 Nuke Warhead 
 Technology 

Tehran said to have deployed design still classified in US, Britain

Nov 6, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran has tested nuclear warhead technology so advanced that its very existence is an official secret in the US and Britain, according to a report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The dossier, obtained by the Guardian, says Iran has tested the high-explosive... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • warheads • Iranian nuclear program

Are Cold War's Lost Nukes Still Ticking?

Dozens of weapons lost in accidents decades ago are still out there and still deadly

Nov 15, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of American A-bombs lost in Cold War accidents are corroding around the world, Der Spiegel reports. The US admits to misplacing 11, but German nuclear expert Otfried Nassauer says up to 50 went down, mostly in plane crashes. Bombers either collided with tanker planes or, short on fuel, plunged... More »

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nuclear weapons • US military • Cold War • atomic bomb • radiation • warheads

Nukes Go Missing in Mix-Up

B-52 flies cross-country with five warheads mistakenly attached

Sep 5, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five nuclear warheads were briefly unaccounted for last week, the Military Times reports, when the warheads were not removed from missiles carried by a B-52 bomber prior to its flight from North Dakota to Louisiana. Though the weapons were in Air Force control at all times and there was no... More »

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Air Force • nuclear weapons • disappearance • b 52 • warheads

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