Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles

Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles

Alexei Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, delivers a speech during a farewell ceremony as Russia’s floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov leaves the service base of Rosatomflot company for a journey along the Northern Sea Route to Chukotka from Murmansk, Russia August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File… Read more Aug 14 (Reuters) – Russia … Read more

U.S., Japan to develop hypersonic missile interceptor – Yomiuri

U.S., Japan to develop hypersonic missile interceptor – Yomiuri

The U.S. (L) and Japanese national flags are hoisted next to a traditional Okinawan Shisa statue at the U.S. Marine’s Camp Foster in Ginowan, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Japan and the U.S. will agree this week to jointly develop an interceptor missile … Read more

Biden signs order to ban certain tech investments in China

Biden signs order to ban certain tech investments in China

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on access to mental health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that will narrowly prohibit certain U.S. investments in sensitive technology in … Read more

Exclusive: India bars makers of military drones from using Chinese parts

Exclusive: India bars makers of military drones from using Chinese parts

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – India in recent months has barred domestic manufacturers of military drones from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities, according to four defence and industry officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The measure comes amid tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours and as New Delhi pursues a … Read more

Erdogan says talks with Putin could lead to restoration of Black Sea grain deal, media report

Erdogan says talks with Putin could lead to restoration of Black Sea grain deal, media report

ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his scheduled talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin could lead to the restoration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and called on Western countries to heed Russia’s demands, Turkish broadcasters reported on Friday. “The termination of the Black Sea grain deal will have a range … Read more

Russian Navy practices firing rockets at ships in Black Sea after warning Ukraine

Russian Navy practices firing rockets at ships in Black Sea after warning Ukraine

[1/3]A still from video, released by Russia’s Defense Ministry, shows what it said was the missile ship Ivanovets during exercises in the Black Sea, in this still from video released July 21, 2023. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday its Black Sea Fleet had practiced … Read more

Safran makes an offer for Collins Aerospace’s flight control systems business

Safran makes an offer for Collins Aerospace’s flight control systems business

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – French aerospace group Safran (SAF.PA) said on Friday it had made a cash offer to buy the flight performance and control businesses of Collins Aerospace in a deal valued at $1.8 billion to become a leader in critical cockpit functions. Safran said the purchase would be accretive to earnings per … Read more

Russia has not yet allowed access to the roofs of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, according to the IAEA

Russia has not yet allowed access to the roofs of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, according to the IAEA

VIENNA, July 20 (Reuters) – Moscow has still not let the UN’s nuclear watchdog inspect the roofs of reactors at Russia’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the watchdog said on Thursday, two weeks after it first requested what it called “essential” access. On July 4, Russia and Ukraine accused each other of plotting to … Read more

Blinken says there are no indications that Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons

Blinken says there are no indications that Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – There are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons and the United States sees no reason … Read more