U.S. and Ukrainian alarm over a flurry of Russian claims that Kyiv plans to deploy a so-called dirty bomb have worsened fears that President Vladimir Putin could try to escalate the conflict to try to ...

A FL driver faces multiple charges after claiming he had a “dirty bomb” in his truck during a traffic stop at a Publix, police said.

Dirty bombs have long been feared as a potential weapon of terrorists because their main objective is to sow panic, confusion and anxiety by hurling radioactive dust and smoke into the atmosphere. The ...

Peter Brookes is a senior research fellow, focusing on weapons of mass destruction and counter proliferation, in the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin fueled fears that the war in Ukraine would escalate yet again this week after he made claims, without any evidence, that Ukraine is planning to use a "dirty bomb"—a ...

U.S. officials are flatly rejecting as false repeated Russian claims being made to senior western officials that Ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive "dirty bomb" in Ukraine, saying at the same ...

Russia is accusing Ukraine of planning to detonate a “dirty bomb.” Here's what that means and why it matters. By Jeff Schogol Published Oct 24, 2022 1:41 PM EDT Russia is signaling that it could ...

First, it was about blowing up a dam. Now it’s about unleashing a “dirty bomb.” A sudden flurry of Russian accusations about supposed Ukrainian plans has fueled new Western fears that President ...

An overnight crash in Haines City resulted in a bomb squad being called in after a man claimed to have a "dirty bomb" in his truck, according to police. Haines City police said in a news release that ...

Ukraine’s Western allies have characterized as false Moscow’s unsupported allegation that Kyiv is planning to detonate a “dirty bomb” on its own soil and blame Russia for it, and the allies say it is ...

Osama Bin Laden has made no secret of his ambition to join the nuclear club — he has even proclaimed it a “religious duty” for Muslim states to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons to ...