Members of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War clasp hands on October 11, 1985, at the group’s Boston headquarters after …
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Russia Has a Terrifying Seaborne Nuclear Weapon
Throughout most of the Cold War, Soviets submarines were noisier than their Western counterparts, and thus vulnerable to detection and attack by …
The uncertain future of nuclear-arms control
In 1981 and 2007, Israel bombed suspected Iraqi and Syrian nuclear reactors under construction, without blowback. In the 1991 Gulf War, the US Air …
Inside NATO’s Crazy Cold War Plan to “Win” a War Against Russia
In the early post-war years, Western planners hoped that nuclear weapons would keep the Soviets at bay. As the USSR’s own missile and nuclear …
Healthy Living: Climate crisis requires togetherness
… on issues, from local concerns to the immediacy of climate change and nuclear war, the clock will strike midnight and our species will be extinct.
10 Things The Planet Of The Apes Reboot Needs
We’re now living in an age where, rather than fearing nuclear war, humanity is rapidly driving itself into extinction and the powerful people who can …
TON: One Russian Submarine Nearly Caused the Cuban Missile Crisis to Go Nuclear
It is commonly accepted that the world has never come closer to nuclear war than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the United States confronted …
A Recap of the Terminator Franchise Before Dark Fate
On August 29, 1997, the artificial intelligence known as Skynet became self-aware and launched a devastating nuclear attack on the world as we …
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Six: Why Soviet Air-To-Air Weapons …
As for the aircraft, most of Soviet weapons for aerial warfare – especially the R-3S missile (ASCC/NATO-codename ‘AA-2 Atoll’) – was useless junk.
DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office Launches Twitter Account
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM), which oversees remediation of 16 Cold War and Manhattan Project nuclear …