… I remember which began watching the Prime Minister board the deadly black whale of a Trident sub to see how a nuclear war would be launched, …
Freeman Dyson (1923–2020)
… argued against the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War. The report was one of many he co-authored over his 50 years as a JASON.
The truth about Trump’s uncle and what it means for his presidency
The president says he “used to discuss nuclear” with his uncle “all the time,” and in a rambling 2016 campaign speech, … During World War II, Trump worked at the British branch of MIT’s Radiation Laboratory, and after the war he …
Keeping a nuclear exchange limited: Closer look into Pentagon’s recent wargame
In the literature, while the Russian understanding of local conflicts involves limited use of war-fighting capacity and no nuclear weapons, regional wars, …
Silent World available to preload today with 10% discount, game launches March 19th, 2020
The nuclear war turned the world into a pandemonium full of hostile mutants. The player leads the lone survivor through the darkness, using limited …
There’s no sign of apocalypse in East Finchley – yet
Viral pandemics (along with nuclear war, climate collapse, meteor strikes and, oddly, the invention of over-enthusiastic paperclip-making AI) are …
Perspective: A Little Girl And A Daisy
But there’s a big difference between exploiting a justifiable fear that a candidate is going to start a nuclear war and lying to scare people. Trump has …
Time to Think About Hiroshima and Nagasaki Again
… Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the highlight of which was the option of using low-yield nuclear weapons even in response to a non-nuclear attack.
‘Pandemic ventilator’ could offer solution in potential ‘worst case’ coronavirus scenario
So that could be nuclear war, a chemical attack or a biological attack.” Strupat said the coronavirus pandemic is not that far off. “It all has the same end …
Submarine Motherships: The Navy Wants Drone-Carrying Subs to Wage War
Imagine a future in which nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) can deploy undersea drones (UUVs) to hunt, and possibly kill, enemy subs. The U.S. …