As per the reports released by the lab, the test was conducted from August 19 to August 21 at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada with support from Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that 42kg of highly enriched uranium is required for one nuclear weapon. Based on that measure, 2,000kg would be sufficient for roughly 47 nuclear bombs, Al Jazeera noted.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his address at the United Nations General Assembly, has said that Iran has "never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb".
Speaking at a press conference after attending a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima, western Japan, Ishiba reiterated his government's commitment to peace and nuclear disarmament. He dismissed suggestions of Japan entering a NATO-like nuclear-sharing arrangement with the United States, which
Washington maintains that Iran's uranium enrichment programme could lead to developing nuclear bombs, while Tehran has consistently denied the claim, insisting that its nuclear programme is meant for civilian purposes.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday expressed concern over the growing threat of demographic disorder in the country saying that it is no less severe in consequences than a nuclear bomb.
Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Joergen Watne Frydnes said the Prize was given to the 1956 group "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again."
He said that Balakot airstrike showed to the world how far India will go to ensure action against terror act and refuted the narrative that India should refrain from acting against Pakistan because it has nuclear bomb.
"Why is it OK for America to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end their existential threat war? Why was it OK for us to do that? I thought it was OK," Graham said. He added, "So, Israel, do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state. Whatever you have to do."<
Two persons were arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly saying that they were carrying a 'nuclear bomb' during frisking at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on April 5, officials said on Monday.