nukes
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SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a live-fire exercise for one of his top military priorities: an upgraded rocket launcher able to fire tactical nukes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
As for China, intelligence agencies estimate that it will have 1,000 nukes by 2030—only about one-third as many as the U.S. or Russia—but yes, the Chinese are building more nukes.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
SMRs, sometimes called "mini nukes", work on the same principle as large reactors, using a nuclear reaction to generate heat that produces electricity.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
These smaller nukes have received so much attention in recent years mainly because modern reactors are so costly that the U.S. and Europe have all but stopped building any.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
“The clans have been lobbing nukes at that sphere for the past two weeks, and they haven’t even scratched it. How are you going to get it to ‘drop on its own’?”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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