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Eric Feigl-Ding, ScD, an epidemiologist and health economist and an adjunct senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) in Washington, D.C., was recognized in the media as one of the first to alert the public to the pandemic risk of COVID-19 in January 2020, and is now part of FAS s work to stop COVID misinformation to the public. Feigl-Ding is also a co-founder of COVID Action Group.
In the second part of this exclusive MedPage Today video, Editor-in-Chief Marty Makary, MD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, speaks to Feigl-Ding about the B.1.1.7 variant and what it means for school openings, cases, and deaths.
HeadlineMar 17, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his government is lifting the cap on its nuclear stockpile, increasing the number of Trident nuclear warheads by over 40%. The move ends three decades of gradual nuclear disarmament.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., a new report by the Federation of American Scientists says plans to build a new $100 billion nuclear missile are being driven by industry lobbying and politicians whose states will economically benefit from the project, despite objections from military and civilian leaders around the cost and lack of security relevance for the “Cold War-era weapon.” The cost of building and maintaining the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, or GBSD, which would be built by Northrop Grumman with help from Lockheed Martin and others, would swell to $264 billion over the coming decades.
China is building more underground silos from where its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles could be launched, according to reports. They are reportedly being built in the north of the country and are designed to accommodate the DF-41 and DF-31AG missiles that have a range of 10,000km to 14,000km (6,200 to 8,700 miles) - meaning they could reach US territory. The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force has begun constructing at least.
China is building more underground silos for its ICBMs Minnie Chan , Ng Han Guan / Associated Press
Satellite images show at least 16 launch facilities being built in Inner Mongolia, according to US think tank report.
The report says the facilities are designed for China s most powerful ICBMs, as it seeks to boost nuclear deterrence.
China is building more underground silos from where its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles could be launched, according to reports.
They are reportedly being built in the north of the country and are designed to accommodate the DF-41 and DF-31AG missiles that have a range of 10,000 km to 14,000 km (6,200 to 8,700 miles) meaning they could reach US territory.