NEWS
September 3, 1988 | KIM MURPHY, Times Staff Writer
General Dynamics Corp. was accused Friday of using "cheater software" and other fraudulent practices to falsify tests and supply defective components for the U.S. Navy's Phalanx anti-missile gun system and the Standard Missile program. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court, one former and four current General Dynamics employees--technicians, supervisors and quality-control specialists--accused the St.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 19, 1988 | GEORGE RAMOS, Times Staff Writer
A former top official for a Southland aerospace contractor pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to charges that he conspired with others to supply the military with inferior or untested guidance parts for key weapons systems. Without the tested parts, the High-Speed Anti-Radar Missile (HARM) and the Navy Underwater Systems, including the MK-49 torpedo and the MK-27 Mobile Underwater Target Device, could not hit their targets, federal authorities said.
WORLD
April 4, 2006 | From Times Wire Reports
Iran successfully tested its second new torpedo, the latest weapon to be unveiled during war games in the Persian Gulf that the military said were aimed at preparing the country's defenses against the United States. The torpedo, believed to be more powerful and capable of going deeper than others in Iran's arsenal, was tested in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital corridor for oil supplies.
SCIENCE
March 8, 2012 | By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
The levels of radioactive plutonium around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant aren't much higher than the amount of plutonium remaining in the environment from Cold War-era nuclear weapons tests, and it probably poses little threat to humans, a new study indicates. The paper, published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, examines the area within a roughly 20-mile radius of the stricken plant and details the concentration of plutonium isotopes deposited there after explosions ripped open multiple reactors.
NEWS
July 29, 1987
The House voted to grant disability benefits to veterans who participated in nuclear tests or in the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, after those cities were hit with atomic bombs. The bill, approved by voice vote and sent to the Senate, would grant benefits to veterans who suffer from diseases such as leukemia and various forms of cancer that may be attributed to radiation at the test or occupation sites.
NATIONAL
May 10, 2006 | From Times Wire Reports
A nonnuclear explosion expected to generate a mushroom cloud over the desert 85 miles from Las Vegas will be postponed while a federal court reviews the plan, officials said. The experiment won't be conducted earlier than June 23, said Cheri Abdelnour, a spokeswoman for the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency. A federal lawsuit seeking to stop the blast claims that the planned 700-ton ammonium nitrate and fuel-oil bomb will kick up radioactive fallout left from nuclear weapons tests.