Given away to client states in the millions, the Soviet Union’s AK-47 and the American M-16 killed more people than the nuclear weapons owned by …
The Cold War Produced Some Truly Terrifying American And Russian Weapons
This is a week to commemorate the art of avoiding war
The Cuban Missile Crisis might be the greatest of these, a tense, 13-day face-off that truly could have led to nuclear annihilation. War was avoided …
Mike Novotny: 3 words will help you conquer fear in this election year
Despite all the things we might be afraid of (nuclear war, school shootings, national debt, rising suicide rates), what seems to be chattering more teeth …
The 1991 Persian Gulf War Convinced The World To Fear The Scud Missile
One of the most infamous missiles of the modern era, the Scud short-range ballistic missile was developed as a nuclear asset for Soviet commanders …
Trump Wants To Start A War With Iran Because He’s Obsessed With Looking Tougher Than Obama
Trump Wants To Start A War With Iran Because He’s Obsessed With Looking Tougher Than Obama … But he junked the nuclear deal. The Iranians …
Column: Dreams of Our Children — 2020 vision: Our children need hope
For example, I remember being told as an elementary student in the 70’s about the coming ice age. In the 80’s, nuclear war would surely end us.
US Now at War Against Iraq and Iran
On January 9th, Iraq’s Prime Minister and Parliament again ordered all American troops out, but on January 10th the AP headlined “US dismisses Iraq …
The Future of New START and NPT Hangs in the Balance
But it will not change dangerous nuclear doctrines or eliminate nuclear … under attack” postures, which increase the risk of accidental nuclear war; …
Forget The Scrapyard: The Navy’s Iowa-Class Battleships Almost Became Modern City-Killers
At the end of the Cold War the battleships were retired again. … in an expensive, 900-foot vessel to attack just four targets with nuclear weapons.
Longer term perspectives on the Iran crisis
Whether this act of war was justified may become apparent as the … and Israel against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, which would spark a wider war?