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The Soviet nuclear spy satellite that crashed into Canada, Cosmos 954 and the cleanup that nearly sparked World War III

In 1978, the USSR warned the Pentagon that a nuclear powered spy satellite had lost control and was coming down with its reactor still active. When Cosmos 954 scattered radioactive debris across ...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National ...