Nuclear Reactors 324 - There May Have Been A Nuclear Fission Reaction At Chernobyl In 1986

        In 1986 near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat in northeastern Ukraine at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, there was a major nuclear accident. Safety systems had been turned off in order to carry out a test of emergency cooling systems. A number of such tests had been carried out in previous years and the systems failed to perform as expected.

Nuclear Weapons 324 - Russia Upgrades The Tupolov TU-160 Strategic Nuclear Bomber

       The TU-160 is a Soviet Era heavy strategic nuclear bomber that debuted in the 1980s during the period that preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. There was limited production of this plane due to the collapse. Sixteen of these aircraft are still in operation today. They were modified to carry long-range cruise missiles in 2005.

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