The first Brazilian submarine in the Prosub program, ‘Riachuelo, successfully completed her first independent dive down to safety depth off Sepetiba Bay near Rio during the night of November 28. For nearly 12 years, the Prosub program has involved more than 3,000 French and Brazilian employees, whether in the design and construction of conventional submarines (SBR), or in assistance with the design of the future nuclear-powered submarine (SNBR) or in the design of Itaguaï naval base, a Naval Group release said
The Russian Navys Kazan nuclear submarine completed state trials with the launch of Oniks anti-ship cruise missile in White Sea. "Today, the lead ship of the Yasen-M project, Kazan, has successfully fired an Oniks anti-ship cruise missile at a sea target
A mock B61-12 nuclear bomb struck a ground target in the Nevada desert to successfully complete the first flight test with the US Air Forces F-35 fighter jet, demonstrating the bombs first release from an internal bomb bay at supersonic speeds. During the August 25 flight test, an F-35A flying at supersonic speeds dropped a B61-12 — containing non-nuclear and mock nuclear components — from about 10,500 feet above Tonopah Test Range
No hit man was involved in the recent assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council said. An earlier report said the Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated by a remote controlled machine gun that was mounted on a white SUV
The weapon that was used in assassinating Irans senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh reportedly has Israeli markings. An informed source told Iranian state-controlled
The Iranian parliament on Sunday passed a double-urgency motion which among other things seeks to increase the monthly output of enriched uranium for various peaceful purposes with different purity levels by at least 500 kg. As per the 9-artilce bill, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will be required to produce and store at least 120 kilograms of enriched uranium with 20 percent purity level at the Fordow nuclear facility every year, and to fulfill the countrys peaceful industrial demands with uranium enriched above 20%, Tasnim News reported
The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh exposes the poor homeland security of Iran, a country accused of waging proxy war on Sunni Arab states in the Middle East by arming largely Shia militias. Fakhrizadeh's car was targeted by an explosion and machinegun fire in Damavand's Absard 40 kilometers to the East of Tehran on November 28 in broad daylight by assassins who came in a white SUV
China powered up Hualong One, its first domestically developed nuclear reactor on Friday as part of its efforts aimed at making Beijing less dependent on Western allies for energy security and critical technology under “Made in China 2025” plan. Unit 5 of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was successfully connected to the national grid for the first time on November 27
One of Irans top nuclear scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was today assassinated by a hit team that fired on his motorcade near Tehran, Iran's defence ministry said. Armed terrorist elements have attacked the car carrying Fakhrizadeh, head of the Defense Ministrys Research and Innovation Organization, the defence ministry said in a statement released on Friday evening
Russia wants to complete development of its S-500 air defense system, capable of destroying satellites and hypersonic missiles in low orbit space, next year. “It should be noted that the work on developing the S-500 mobile air defense and anti-ballistic missile system is scheduled to be completed in 2021,” Aerospace Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Andrei Yudin was quoted as saying by Defense Ministrys Krasnaya Zvezda news agency