… realization: A conventional military confrontation with Israel, and by extension the West, carried too great a risk of escalating into nuclear war.
Trump consigning Russia-PLO collusion to dustbin of history
Tornado Sirens Weren’t Originally Meant For Tornadoes
During the cold war in the 1950s, sirens were used to warn of a nuclear attack. This was a part of the Civil Defense Act set into motion by President …
A photographer visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone more than 20 times over the past 25 years …
On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, … United States and the Soviet Union posed potential threats of nuclear war.
Anti-nuclear activists plan ‘die-in’ outside Westminster Abbey over anniversary
Anti-nuclear activists plan ‘die-in’ outside Westminster Abbey over … who, in a report out last week, said the threat of nuclear war is dramatically rising.
Iran’s foreign minister says his beef is with Trump’s advisers and allies — not Trump
… Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he believes Trump has no interest in war …. Iran has stayed in the nuclear deal, and Zarif has long argued on the …
Arms Control and International Security: Lessons From Disarmament History for the CEND Initiative
Far from this representing just another potentially catastrophic escalation in the Cold War nuclear arms race, however, the U.S. deployments gave the …
US spreads war threat, expands military base in Sicily
U.S. spreads war threat, expands military base in Sicily … and diesel fuel for war units and nuclear submarines); the airports of Catania-Fontanarossa, …
The Pentagon’s Long Con
War by its nature tells harsh truths—in this case, that the U.S. military is … bomb and alarming military exercises that nearly brought us to nuclear war …
Arthur I. Cyr: Russia-North Korea summit provides a reality check
In 2013, North Korea announced a “state of war” with South Korea, and threatened nuclear attack. Pyongyang abruptly abrogated the 1953 armistice …
China’s ‘Long March’ to a Credible Nuclear Attack Submarine
Mao Zedong famously said China would build nuclear submarines even if it took ten thousand years. It has required several decades, but new vitality …