The latest tensions between the two countries came after Iran suspended its commitments under the international nuclear deal and threatened to …
Iran dismisses possibility of conflict, says does not want war
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s top diplomat dismissed the possibility of war … United States out of a 2015 pact that limited Iran’s nuclear program in return for …
War talk grips Iraq as storied US carrier returns to Gulf
The victory declaration was to prove horribly premature, but to Iraqis the nuclear-powered carrier remains a potent symbol of Washington’s readiness …
Lunacy: how science fiction is powering the new moon rush
Rocket Ship Galileo used the moon not only as a way of thinking about the prospect of nuclear war, it also made it a way of understanding the …
Meet the Legendary XF-90 Fighter (It Survived Nuclear War)
In 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force issued a requirement for a “penetrating escort” jet that could accompany comparatively ponderous B-29 and B-50 …
War with Iran, so soon after invading Iraq on false pretenses?
The bogus Gulf of Tonkin attack set off a full-scale war in Vietnam in 1964, and contrived evidence of Iraqi nuclear weapons development resulted in …
The Crazy XF-85 Goblin ‘Parasite’ Fighter: Built To Protect Nuclear Bombers
The first were British biplanes that were tested hooking up to military airships during World War I. Then during the 1930s the Navy deployed F9C …
‘I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy’: Bernie Sanders on the 1980s
This was a war being funded by the United States against the people of … to prevent a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The US Navy’s Next Submarines Will Be Drone-Carrying Super Special Forces Boats
The U.S. Navy’s most current submarine class is the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine. First introduced in 2004, the Virginias are a true …
The Chernobyl disaster, explained
Shrouded in secrecy, the incident was a watershed moment in both the Cold War and the history of nuclear power. More than 30 years on, scientists …