The US military dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in service with the US Army on the bases of the Islamic State terrorist organization in Afghanistan. According to a Pentagon spokesman, this was the first ever military use of a bomb known as GBU-43, writes NBC. It contains ...
In Elizabeth, New Jersey, a backpack with 5 improvised explosive devices exploded. As a result, no one was injured, the FBI reports. The bomb was reported by two men who saw a backpack in a trash container near the train station. As a result, the train traffic was stopped, and ...
A homemade bomb exploded in Manhattan's busy Chelsea neighborhood. The incident occurred on the evening of September 17, resulting in 29 injuries. Soon the police discovered a second bomb. Mayor Bill de Blasio in a speech described the explosion as “deliberate” but ruled out an act of terrorism. On the…
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims that the Syrian army and the Russian military have used cluster bombs on a daily basis over the past several weeks. The HRW report says that since January 26, internationally prohibited cluster munitions have been used at least ...
Participants in the investigation into the death of a Russian plane over Sinai are 90 percent sure that the extraneous noise recorded on board the plane was the sound of a bomb explosion. An Egyptian expert told Reuters in Cairo, who asked not to be named. He will discuss the details ...
The Russian government is considering a "British scheme" for the evacuation of Russian citizens from Egypt. A source close to the Cabinet of Ministers told RBC about this. According to this scheme, tourists are first evacuated and only then luggage is transported. “Yes, they are going to export them according to the British scheme. Rosaviatsia broadcasts this to airlines, ”RBC confirmed ...
The Russian military operation in Syria has been going on for almost a month. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at the very beginning that the Russian presence in Syria would not require additional costs that do not fit into the defense budget. The Russian presidential administration and the government assure that the operation is no more expensive than a major military exercise. RBC has calculated how many ...
Terminal 4 at Ontario International Airport in southern California's San Bernardino County was evacuated this morning following reports of a bomb on its grounds. KTLA TV channel reported this. “An alarm was declared in the terminal, all people there were evacuated,” the message says. - Territory...
The founder of SpaceX and Tesla has proposed dropping thermonuclear bombs on the Mars poles to heat the planet's surface and make it habitable. He said this in the Stephen Colbert show on CBS. The poles of Mars are covered with water ice and frozen carbon dioxide. In theory, the explosion of thermonuclear charges will cause evaporation ...
US police arrested a suspect in an attempt to blow up the Statue of Liberty in New York in April this year. A police spokesman said suspect Jason Smith was tracked down from a call he made from his tablet computer. He was arrested in Texas and has already stated that ...