☢️ Kim Jong-un vows nuclear buildup, how herring farts confused Cold War subs, US recycles old nukes for reactors

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In a speech to mark the 76th anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea’s (DPRK) founding, Kim Jong-un has vowed to “exponentially” increase the number of nuclear weapons in the country’s growing arsenal.

Given on Monday (September 9), the speech was delivered in Pyongyang to a crowd of thousands of spectators, state media KCNA reports.

Kim reportedly explained that the country must more thoroughly prepare its “nuclear capability and its readiness to use it properly at any given time in ensuring the security rights of the state.” Dive deeper into this Must-Read.

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☢️ ‘US threat’? Kim Jong-un vows to ‘exponentially’ increase nuclear stockpile

Kim added that North Korea’s “nuclear force” and its deployment should be more thoroughly perfected to counter “various threats posed by the United States and its followers.”

To this end, Pyongyang “will steadily strengthen its nuclear forces capable of fully coping with any threatening acts imposed by its nuclear-armed rival states,” he added.

North Korea has been attempting to build its own nuclear weapons program for many decades now with mixed success. However, estimating how many working nuclear weapons they possess is difficult due to the secretive nature of the ruling regime.

🐠 Underwater spy: How herring fish farts caused confusion during Cold War

In a BBC’s Spy in the Ocean video clip, a robot herring captured a unique perspective of a massive school of farting fish. Herring fish communicate by releasing gas from their swim bladders, which are connected to their anal ducts. This creates small bubbles in the water that produce the clicking sounds heard in the BBC‘s Spy in the Ocean documentary.

In 1982, Swedish officials were baffled by mysterious underwater signals in the Stockholm archipelago. After the Cold War, Sweden was on high alert for Russian submarine activity.

Back then, Sweden launched a massive search for these signals, involving submarines, boats, and helicopters. They feared a Russian threat, but the truth was far more… gassy.

☢️ Warheads to watts: US turns old nukes into HALEU for nuclear reactors

The problem of maintaining nuclear weapon stockpiles and then dismantling them when the old warheads are retired is a global one, and the United States seems to have found a solution to it.

There is a growing demand for reactor fuel today as countries around the world are looking to shift to nuclear energy. According to a report by CNN, the US is now turning its unexploded nuclear warheads into fuel that can be used in modular power stations.

The report states that the nuclear warheads are being turned into high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) at a government facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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