… a momentous period of time that felt especially poignant for Cold War kids like me who grew up with the always-present specter of nuclear war.
Peace, justice groups stand out against nuclear weapons
“We all know if there’s ever a nuclear war, we would pretty much be decimated,” said Emily Greene, a member of Racial Justice Rising. On Friday, the …
More hands needed on the nuclear football
President Biden also should immediately pursue a no-first-use policy that would go hand-in-hand with shared nuclear war decision making. To put it …
Veterans Voice: Bristol man recalls the pride and grit of being a fighter pilot
DEFCON 2 had been activated and they were poised and ready for the potential of nuclear war. However, “The first words out of his mouth were, ‘It’s …
Innovating Science and Technology Education
Unless all these areas are addressed simultaneously on a war-footing … alarming threat of a nuclear warfare, threat of super-volcanic eruptions and …
For Wars of the Future, Pentagon Looks to Distant Past: the B-52
Designed to carry two nuclear bombs, it was refurbished to hold 60,000 pounds of conventional bombs in the Vietnam War. A B-52 over Vietnam in 1966 …
No Use
The Soviet military’s war plans, as subsequently revealed, employed nuclear detonations, and many of them — notwithstanding the Kremlin’s …
Raves, guns and state secrets – the fascinating story of the bunker hidden in Worsley Woods
But, as nuclear technology advanced during the Cold War, so defence policies changed. It became clear a nuclear attack would come not from bombs …
Dave Skoloda: Future potential threats should concern Senate
They cited the TV movie “The Day After” that depicted the aftermath of nuclear war in a Kansas town. While the editors saw the novel as a “vaccine” …
West Cork’s luscious Liss Ard Estate, bolt-hole of the stars and Star Wars, finds US buyers for c €3.5m
A WEST CORK estate, once bought on behalf of the Swiss government as a safe Cold War times bolthole in case of nuclear attacks, has been sold 60 …