LUMEA SUB LUPĂ

NU va avea loc reuniunea NATO – Rusia programata sa aiba loc la Chicago in perioada 20 – 21 Mai, a anuntat purtatoarea de cuvant a Departamentului de Stat American, Victoria Nuland.

Ambele parti au anunta ca nu are rost organizarea unei intalniri la nivel inalt, in conditiile in care partile se afla pe pozitii divergente in ceea ce priveste sistemul antiracheta. Deocamdata nu se stie nici macar la ce nivel va fi reprezentata Federatia Rusa la aceasta reuniune. Secretarul General al NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a anuntat Joi la Bruxelles ca au invitat Rusia

On 18 April 1953, the United States conducted the Badger test. The device, which was detonated from a 300-foot tower, had a yield of 23 kilotons, slightly higher than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima but lower than the expected 35 to 40 kilotons. The test was part of the operation ‘Upshot-Knothole’, a series of 11 nuclear tests which involved troop maneuvers in the immediate vicinity of the explosions to evaluate the effects of nuclear weapons such as radiation on troops and equipment.

“It would take to[o] many words to describe just how frightening this experience was. Immediately after the blast, we were

Radionuclide technology

The radionuclide technology is complementary to the three waveform verification technologies – seismic, infrasound and hydroacoustic – employed by the CTBTO verification regime. This technology is the only one that is able to confirm whether an explosion detected and located by the others is indicative of a nuclear test.

Describing radionuclides

The sun consists in part of the noble gas helium.