During the Cold War, and in particular, the Nixon era, the US’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategy had at times flirted with the idea of its leadership playing …
On Nuclear Madmen and Their Perilous Bluffs
This week marks the anniversary of the worst space accident
… valve, Nedelin ordered engineers up on ladders to perform the step manually, saying, “There would be no time for such things in nuclear war.”.
Russia Almost Built A Nuclear-Armed Supersonic Bomber That Could Float On Water
But for a period during the early Cold War, those floating flying machines would have been dropping nuclear bombs over America and Russia.
North Korea threat: Kim Jong-un ‘terrifyingly close’ to deadly nuclear breakthrough
North Korea threat: Kim Jong-un ‘terrifyingly close’ to deadly nuclear …. Erdogan ramps up war talk as Turkey pushes for nuclear weapons …
Trevor Royle on a Cold War thriller with Soviet soul
Bantam Press, £16.99. Review by Trevor Royle. ONE of the best kept secrets of the Cold War was the Soviet Union’s creation of 10 closed cities in …
Why the USS Jimmy Carter isn’t an aircraft carrier
While the United States was embroiled in the Korean War, Carter the engineering officer, was sent to work with the Atomic Energy Commission and …
Panel Finds Gaping Holes in OPCW Report on Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack
… former British Army Major General John Holmes, Dr. Helmut Lohrer of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, German professor …
Gabbard Ends Congressional Reelection Campaign to Focus on Presidential Bid
Noting that last year’s false alarm about a nuclear attack on Hawaii had “reawakened us all to the fact that our lives could end at any moment,” …
The Cuban Missile Crisis was more than 50 years ago, but these lessons still ring true
During Oct. 22-28 1962, the Cuba crisis dominated world attention, as Washington and Moscow sparred on the edge of thermonuclear war. Lessons …
Seven Peace Activists Found Guilty of “Conspiracy” for Anti-Nuclear Protest
… saying that their lawbreaking was necessary to prevent the far greater crime of a nuclear war. The activists will be sentenced within the next 90 days.