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HYPERSONICS China is spending huge sums to create hypersonic missiles that will go so fast (up to twenty times the speed of sound) that military chiefs believe they will be invulnerable to any form of defence. Indeed, some analysts fear that human capability to respond to such lethal weapons will be inadequate and that the … Read more
Joe Biden offers Vladimir Putin a five-year extension on last-remaining treaty limiting nuclear weapons NEW Start treaty limits Russia and U.S. nuclear weapons to 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers It expires on February 5 and Trump opposed extending it, saying he wanted China in a three-way limitation treaty But Russia opposed move … Read more
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location today, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States. ‘The base is one of several bases housing the Guards’ Navy’s strategic missiles,’ the state media quoted the head of the Guards, Major General … Read more
A ‘supergun’ being trialled by the US military has successfully fired an artillery shell to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles (70 kilometres) away. Breaking the record for the longest precision-guided cannon shot in history, the ‘extended-range cannon artillery system’ was tested at a firing range in Arizona. The … Read more
Tasers were used by police in 32,000 incidents last year, rocketing by more than a third on the year before. In the year to March, the stun guns were deployed 88 times a day on average in England and Wales, Home Office figures reveal – up 36.7 per cent from 23,451 deployments the previous year. … Read more
Two mothers whose daughters were murdered by their ex-boyfriends have joined forces in a bid to change the law over prison sentences. Ellie Gould, 17, and Poppy Devey Waterhouse, 24, were both brutally stabbed by former partners. Both deaths involved kitchen knives which were found at the murder scene – which the victims’ mothers think … Read more
Two mothers whose daughters were murdered by their ex-boyfriends have joined forces in a bid to change the law over prison sentences. Ellie Gould, 17, and Poppy Devey Waterhouse, 24, were both brutally stabbed by former partners. Both deaths involved kitchen knives which were found at the murder scene – which the victims’ mothers think … Read more
India has dismissed claims that China used microwave weapons on its troops in a Himalayan border battle as ‘fake news’ and says ‘our solders are still there’. The denial comes after a Beijing professor said that Chinese troops used the weapons to force Indian soldiers to retreat by making them violently sick during the clash between the … Read more
Saudi Arabia could develop nuclear weapons if Iran becomes a nuclear power, the country’s foreign minister has warned. Adel al-Jubeir said it is ‘definitely an option’ for the Middle-Eastern state to develop nuclear capabilities if its rival Iran could not be stopped from making one, according to reports. He reportedly told DPA news agency that … Read more
Police seized 11,000 knives, firearms and weapons off the streets of England and Wales in one year as stop and searches reached a seven-year high. The Home Office said there were 558,973 stop and searches carried out in the year to March under section one of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Pace). Usage … Read more