Since the 1970s, the United States Air Force has been using the same computer system designed to launch nuclear missiles by order of the President.
The US Air Force has finally stopped using floppy disks in its nuclear weapons system
Ithaca activist on trial in Georgia: What to know about the naval base nuclear protest
The defendants, who range in age from mid-50s to late 70s, say they belong to the Plowshares Movement, a larger group opposing nuclear weapons …
‘Doomsday Plane’ designed to survive nuclear war downed by one bird
The Navy’s “Doomsday Plane” meant to survive a nuclear attack was taken down by just a single bird earlier this month. The E-6B Mercury suffered …
Pakistan minister warns of nuclear war in a bid to stifle local opposition
ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, Pakistan’s railways minister, warned political rivals not to oppose the government as, in his opinion, there is a …
Do cyborgs need their own legal rights?
It even includes policies to fight off environmental destruction and planetary existential threats such as asteroids, plagues, nuclear war, and global …
The Brave New World of HBO’s Watchmen
Moore’s book occasionally included scenes of President Nixon (serving his fifth term) mulling nuclear war with the Soviet Union. In the show, Nixon …
Regional nuclear war could threaten global catastrophe
A hypothetical nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill 50-125 million people in the two nations in less than a week, according to new …
RIP: The Era of Arms Control Is Over
Robert Ashley, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, assessed this May that Beijing could double its nuclear weapons stockpile over the …
Trump is terrible at making deals. Here’s why.
Trump doesn’t demonstrate any understanding of why Kim Jong Un believes his nuclear weapons are literally the key to his survival, or why certain …
Former Cold War Era Superfund Site Now In Local Hands
A former Cold War-era nuclear weapons research site in Miamisburg is now fully in local hands. The federal government says the property transfer of …