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… narrowly avoided during the so-called Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, when the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war.

Culture wars already came to parliament when ombudswoman Maria … “There could be a nuclear war, a conflict, a pandemic — they still think that …

It was described as a radical move for New Zealand, two war ships deployed to Mururoa Atoll to protest atmospheric nuclear testing by the French.

Finally, JFK sought Eisenhower’s advice on the likelihood of nuclear war, … I think he will, that if we attack Cuba, that it’s going to be a nuclear war?

… notion that the ability to hold targets at risk after suffering a nuclear attack or some other destructive insult is the sine qua non of nuclear deterrence.

Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other …

… nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers.” Hawking was not only looking at supernatural events but also man-induced disasters.

We had to duck and cover during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but the chances of a nuclear war were extremely remote in the 1960s because each side …

Cold War paranoia and fear of nuclear war fuelled a lot of horror and sci-fi cinema during the 1950s, which can be seen in the likes of monsters movies …

During the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Louis de Son had built the 72ft-long ‘Rotterdam Boat’. It was a semi-submerged boat designed to get to …