Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MOSCOW--The Soviet Union said yesterday that 42 sailors were killed when a nuclear-powered submarine caught fire and exploded in the Norwegian Sea, and it disclosed that two torpedoes on board were armed with nuclear warheads...
Tass, the official news agency, said the design of the warheads "completely rules out radiation threat during large-depth submergence. To ensure radiation safety, the nuclear-powered engine was stopped and the power unit was effectively blanked...
Soviet officials were criticized for not providing accurate or timely information after the 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. That incident sent a cloud of radiation into the atmosphere, contaminating crops and livestock in Europe...
...budget and living up to the promise he made in his U.N. speech last December. These cuts have been accompanied by significant changes in doctrine. Conventional forces are being reconfigured to become more defensive in deployment. In addition, the Soviets now speak of maintaining a "reasonable sufficiency" in their nuclear and conventional forces rather than attempting to match or surpass the might of the West in every category. As a Soviet arms- control official asked recently, "What do we need a huge tank park in Eastern Europe...
...swords-into-plowshares effort has produced some quirky situations. For example, the Ministry for Medium-Machine Building, which is responsible for building nuclear weapons, has been given the job of modernizing the dairy industry. Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov disclosed last month that the Moscow Aviation Factory will soon produce pasta...