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Wallace warns of chemical weapons proliferation following Salisbury attack

Wallace warns of chemical weapons proliferation following Salisbury attack

Originally published by Largs&Millport The world is facing a dangerous proliferation of deadly chemical weapons in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned. Three years on from the attempted killing of former spy Sergei Skripal using a novichok nerve agent, Mr Wallace said it was clear that Russia remained an […]
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The World is vulnerable to dangerous upsurge in chemical attacks including nerve agents after Salisbury poisonings, Defence Secretary says

The World is vulnerable to dangerous upsurge in chemical attacks including nerve agents after Salisbury poisonings, Defence Secretary says

Originally published by Daily Mail The world faces a dangerous proliferation of deadly chemical weapons following the Salisbury poisonings, the Defence Secretary has warned. Three years after the attempted assassination of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal using novichok nerve agent, Ben Wallace said it was clear Russia remained an ‘adversary’ of the UK and represented […]
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How Green Berets prepared to carry 'backpack nukes' on top-secret one-way missions during the Cold War

How Green Berets prepared to carry ‘backpack nukes’ on top-secret one-way missions during the Cold War

Originally published by Business Insider During the Cold War, military planners wanted nuclear weapons they could use without sparking an all-out nuclear war. That led to the development of tactical nuclear weapons for use against military or military-related targets. Teams of Army Green Berets were trained to carry those nukes to their targets, which they […]
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HSE seeks experts to join its REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool

Originally published by CBRNe World The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is seeking scientific and technical experts in chemical risk assessment and socioeconomic analysis to join its new multidisciplinary REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP). The EU REACH Regulation has been brought into UK law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. REACH (Registration, Evaluation, […]
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How a daring raid by Norwegian commandos kept the Nazis from building a nuclear bomb

How a daring raid by Norwegian commandos kept the Nazis from building a nuclear bomb

Originally published by Business Insider In late February 1943, nine commandos set out of daring raid against the Germans in the Norwegian wilderness. Their mission, to destroy a plant producing heavy water, would fulfill one of the Allies’ most important goals: Prevent the Nazis from building an atomic bomb. At 8:00 p.m. on February 27, […]
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