Iran on Wednesday said it plans by next March to prepare sufficient nuclear material for operating a medical isotope production reactor in Tehran (see GSN, April 28).
The Middle Eastern nation has generated roughly 88 pounds of medical reactor (Read more...)
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) on Thursday said terrorists might before long wage a biological attack via the nation's food supply, but that Congress is taking the danger lightly, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, April 27).
The ramifications (Read more...)
Besieged Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi continues to control one-fourth of his nation's one-time chemical arsenal and is prepared to deploy the mustard blister agent in a last-resort bid to hold onto power, the army chief of staff for Libya's opposition (Read more...)
The proliferation of laboratories around the world that study potentially lethal disease materials has not been accompanied by widespread institution of security rules and safeguards against accidents or terrorist threats, Miller-McCune magazine reported on Wednesday (see GSN, Sept. 8, (Read more...)
Scientists at Oregon State University are investigating a "microfluidic sensor" technology that could tap specially engineered iron oxide nanoparticles to aid in the detection of biological and chemical weapons agents, the university said this week (see GSN, Feb. 14).
A trial launch of a Pakistani nuclear-capable cruise missile on Friday met military expectations, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported (see GSN, April 21).
The Pakistani armed forces' Strategic Missile Group carried out the firing of the Hatf 8 short-range system -- (Read more...)
The U.S. Army has issued a $128.5 million contract to defense contractor Raytheon for engineering work on Patriot Air and Missile Defense systems, the company announced on Wednesday (see GSN, April 27).
The order from the Army Aviation and (Read more...)
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday said its established nuclear command is slated in the next year to assume oversight of munitions units involved in managing the nation's nuclear forces (see GSN, Oct. 4, 2010).
The squadrons are currently (Read more...)
There are growing worries that Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi could attempt to use deadly toxins against civilians rebelling against his decades-long rule, the Australian newspaper reported on Thursday (see GSN, April 8).
Regime forces for weeks have been attacking (Read more...)
Heat and pressure decreased in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor as workers pumped in water at a quicker pace, a promising indication for plans to fully flood the ailing system in an effort to prevent further (Read more...)