Russia says its scientists created a new nuclear-blast simulator with flash and mushroom-cloud effects to train soldiers

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 12:11

A new ordnance, claimed by the Russian military the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb, explodes in a giant fireball during a test in this undated television image shown by Russian Channel One television, September 11, 2007. — An ordnance claimed by the Russian military to be the world's most powerful nonnuclear bomb.
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Russian scientists built a new simulator to train soldiers for nuclear explosions, state media says.
The simulator is set to be used in military exercises to prepare troops for post-blast missions.
Amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West, Putin has often rattled the nuclear saber.

Russian scientists have created a new simulator to train Moscow's troops on how to operate in the event of a nuclear explosion, a state-media report said this week.