On February 14, 2025, at approximately 1:50 AM, an explosive drone struck the New Safe Confinement structure at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The strike targeted the massive 36,000 ton steel arch that was designed to seal the radioactive remains of Reactor 4 and the original 1986 sarcophagus for at least one hundred years. While initial reports from the site claimed radiation levels remained normal, the high velocity impact caused significant structural damage to the primary cont