More than 14,000 seed samples from 21 genebanks have been deposited in the remote Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a “doomsday vault” in the far reaches of northern Norway.
France on Oct. 6 conducted the first test launch of its upgraded M51.3 submarine-launched ballistic missile, marking a major step in the modernization of the country's nuclear deterrent as Paris seeks to strengthen its strategic posture amid heightened tensions with Russia.
