… first photos of offensive missile sites that led to the 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war.
The Closed Cities Of ‘Tenet’ Are A Real Relic Of The Soviet Union And Beyond
First established in Russian in the wake of the second world war, as the Soviet nuclear programme was gearing up, closed cities are settlements …
The Kill Chain: A new era of world war
Why would such a war break out? … What these technologies allow for is “networked warfare”; a network of nuclear missiles, for example, can all be …
Remembering Inner Southeast in the 1950s
Tensions built between political leaders in both countries, and the threat of nuclear war was an ever-present concern for Americans. Civil defense and …
The experience of Covid-19 shows how easily catastrophe can befall our species
In his reckoning, the chance of nuclear war stands at 1/1,000 in the next 100 years, but the chance of “engineered pandemic” is 1/30 – the …
Soviet Union Successfully Tested Its First Atomic Bomb On This Day In 1949; Know More
Within a few years, the Cold War nuclear arms race was at full stream. In 1951, the US exploded the first thermonuclear device in the ‘George’ test, …
Letter to the editor: When fear and loathing go viral
Just think, we’ve been living with fear and loathing all along — whether it’s the fear of nuclear war, terrorism or the loathing of those our governments …
Wasteland 3 is now available, also included in Xbox Game Pass
Wasteland 3 sees players enter a world destroyed by nuclear war hundreds of years into the future. Rather than sit around and mope about it, your …
Apple just went nuclear in its war with Epic over ‘Fortnite’
Apple today terminated Epic Games’ developer account. The drastic move comes two weeks after Apple warned Epic it had 14 days to submit a …
Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy
Rather, Cold War–era urban design philosophy in the U.S. prioritized … “[In] case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road net must permit quick …