Nuclear weapons

Ursa Major

12.May 2026. IN THE

Sunken Russian ship mystery: CNN claims it was carrying nuclear reactors for submarines

The Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean in 2024 was transporting parts of nuclear reactors for North Korea, according to the investigation

US-Israeli attack on Iran (II)

18.March 2026. Dr. Saša Marković

How the Mossad Made the Iranians Sabotage Themselves

In espionage, the most powerful tool has never been the gun. Much more important is the agent's ability to gain someone's complete trust

Nuclear weapons

16.February 2026. B. B.

China is preparing a stronger nuclear arsenal

China's build-up of a nuclear arsenal in the country's southwest complicates efforts to revive global arms control

Russian ballistic missiles on Red Square in Moscow during the 75th annual Victory Day military parade

Nuclear weapons

05.February 2026. Christoph Hasselbach (DW)

The end of the nuclear weapons agreement: What next?

With the expiration of the New START agreement, there will no longer be restrictions on a certain number of strategic nuclear arsenals of the two largest nuclear powers

Coolport: Radioactive water released into the sea

Scotland

10.August 2025. TS

A British nuclear base has been releasing radioactive water into the sea for years

Years of maintenance failures led to the release of radioactive tritium into Scotland's Loch Long Bay. The British Ministry of Defense attempted to withhold this information, but it was released at the behest of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Israel and Iran

21.June 2025 KS

Iran attacked central and southern Israel, Tel Aviv hit back at missile sites

In the night between Friday and Saturday, Iran targeted central and southern Israel, Tel Aviv retaliated with strikes on missile positions. Israel claims the strikes killed a senior Iranian commander responsible for funding and arming Hamas before October 7, 2023.

SIPRI: Countries are racing again in nuclear arms

Nuclear weapons

16.June 2025 Helen Whittle / DW

DW: Is the risk of nuclear war increasing?

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) warns of a new nuclear arms race as control weakens. Artificial intelligence and space technologies are further changing nuclear capabilities. Who will be the new Colonel Petrov?

The fear of nuclear war also exists in Ukraine: Potassium iodide tablets

Fear mongering

25.November 2024. TS

Vučić's nuclear war: Will potassium iodide become the most sought-after drug in Serbia?

The fear of a nuclear war has been fueled in Serbia for days, both by the tabloids and by the president. Will the intimidation of citizens lead to a demand for potassium iodide tablets, as was once the case in Croatia and Austria?

The war in Ukraine

19.November 2024. B. B.

One step closer to nuclear war? Putin signed the revised nuclear doctrine

Russian President Vladimir Putin decided on the move after US President Joseph Biden allowed Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia with longer-range US-supplied missiles.

Rusija

29.October 2024. SZ

Putin conducted a surprise nuclear shooting exercise

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected the Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forces. He monitored the performance of military exercises from the situation center in the Kremlin

"Vremena" file: Nobel Peace Prize to Hiroshima victims and the risk of atomic Armageddon

23.October 2024. Milan Milošević

The appeal of the last hibakusha that no one can hear

Has the 1945 nuclear taboo faded? The countries with the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, the USA and Russia, are effectively clashing in Ukraine; Russia Changes Military Doctrine, and US Council on Foreign Relations Plays Out Scenarios in Case Russians Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons; Iran is edging closer to nuclear weapons, while there is speculation that Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities…

The war in Ukraine

01.October 2024. Andreas Knoll/DW

Russia is expanding its nuclear doctrine: What is Putin saying to the West?

Vladimir Putin has announced an expansion of Russia's nuclear doctrine, including the use of the weapon in the event of "fierce airstrikes". The new doctrine increases the risk for the West and lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons

Kim Jong Un: North Korea's leader has been building a nuclear arsenal for years

A new tension in relations

28.July 2024 TS

New agreement between Japan, South Korea and the US: North Korea threatens "total destruction"

New tensions in the Far East - Japan, South Korea and the US signed a memorandum on defense relations in the wake of North Korea's nuclear threats. On the other hand, Pyongyang has threatened "total destruction" of its enemies if war breaks out

International security

17.June 2024 TS

Worrying trend: Increasing number of nuclear warheads ready for launch

The role of nuclear weapons in international relations is increasing year by year, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). "It is hard to believe that barely two years have passed since the leaders of the five major nuclear powers jointly reiterated that nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," said Wilfred Wan, director of SIPRI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program.

Growing threats

17.June 2024 IM / RTS

NATO is considering moving nuclear weapons and putting them on standby

Stoltenberg told the British "Telegraph" that NATO must show its nuclear arsenal to send a direct message to its adversaries.

NATO-Russia relations

06.May 2024. IM / Beta / Index.hr

In response to threats, Vladimir Putin ordered nuclear exercises

"During the exercise, a number of measures will be taken to prepare and use non-strategic nuclear weapons," the Russian Ministry of Defense announced via Telegram.

Defense

25.February 2024. NR (Spiegel)

The Americans will not be around forever: Does Europe need an atomic bomb?

Donald Trump could return to the White House, and at least he has made no secret that he does not want to protect Europe militarily. The German weekly Spiegel writes that the Americans cannot be counted on forever and wonders whether the EU must have its own army - and its own atomic bomb.

Europe and the USA

15.February 2024. DW

Will the EU acquire nuclear bombs?

Due to Trump's statement that he would encourage Russia to "do what it wants" with countries that do not pay NATO membership fees, doubts arose that the partnership between the European Union and the USA is sincere. That is why SPD's main candidate for the European elections, Katarina Barli, is now proposing that the EU acquire its own nuclear bombs

The World

20.October 2023. AE

America is worried: China has exceeded its nuclear stockpile

Beijing's investment in its nuclear triad - at sea, on land and in the air - is a cause for concern in Washington. Have the two great powers entered a new phase of the Cold War?

Felton: Alchemy of the Bomb (1/4)

23.August 2023. Slobodan Bubnjević

Tito's reactor

Their names cause fear. It is not necessary to know the structure of the atomic nucleus or to understand the force of the chain reaction, it is enough for someone in the room to say one of those terrifying words - Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Fukushima - the evil spirits of nuclear physics will immediately emerge from the dark corners. The dramatic history of the nuclear era is described in the book Alchemy of the Bomb Slobodan Bubnjević through twenty such terrible toponyms, various locations on the planet where the use of atomic energy left permanent scars and grew into symbols of modern times. The weekly "Vreme" brings an excerpt from chapter 13, dedicated to the creation and development of the Vinca Nuclear Institute

The World

12.June 2023 BG

Nuclear weapons: Humanity facing its most dangerous period

The Stockholm Institute for Peace Research warns that nuclear powers are strengthening their nuclear arsenals