Three men have been held in Ukraine for allegedly trying to sell radioactive material that could be used to make a "dirty bomb", security officials say. The politician and two businessmen were held on 9 April in the Ternopil region. The SBU security service said they were trying to sell what they thought was 3.672kg of plutonium-239 for £6.7m. However, authorities now say the material was not plutonium-239 and are working to determine what it is.
The Russian military has successfully completed tests of the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb. The new ordnance, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" is four times more powerful than the U.S. "mother of all bombs."
The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported, the latest show of the nation's military muscle amid chilly relations with the United States. Channel One television said on Tuesday the new ordnance, nicknamed the ''dad of all bombs'' is four times more powerful than the US ''mother of all bombs.''