Princeton expert Frank von Hippel proposes a single, central question about nuclear weapons that journalists and citizens should consider asking the 2016 presidential candidates.doi:10.1080/00963402.2016.1216497von HippelFrank NBulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
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Even murderous dictatorships like Mao’s have behaved surprisingly cautiously once they acquired nuclear weapons. Their caution had little to do with wisdom or altruism and everything to do with self-interest: Dictators are all about surviving and remaining in power. First, when considering the con...
while more limited scenarios could have a devastating impact. An ever-growing body of work has shown that even a local nuclear conflict could usher in a climate catastrophe. As marine scientists, we have considered what this could specifically...
Germany and the United States have sent hundreds of Stinger missiles (like this one being fired during a Marine Corp training mission) to help Ukraine fight the invasion from Russia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell When Russia invaded Ukraine in late...
HALPERN: There is some evidence that giving people some say in —“What would you want to pay your tax on” —“I’ll say no to the nuclear warheads but I’ll say okay to the, you know” —“If there was a marginal extra pound or dollar, what would you prioritize?”— that actua...
While they have demonstrated effectiveness in certain scenarios, precise success rates can be challenging to determine, due to factors such as the nature of the threat and the performance of the missile defense system in different situations. What countries use Patriot missiles? Several countries use...
With all of these things just more reasons why we should all pray that cooler heads prevail in the days, weeks and months ahead, how many people reading this are prepared to live their lives should nuclear war break out here in America and across the world and mushroom clouds are rising ...
nuclear weapons. Back on Tinian, LeMay thought the use of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, although certainly larger than all other weapons used, were really not all that different from other bombs. He based this on the fact that many more people were killed in his first incendiary raid on...
MICHAEL MORELL: What do you mean by weaponization? Can you make that clear for the listeners? NORM ROULE: In essence, Iran didn't just have a program to produce electricity. They were building enriching uranium. They were using plutonium in a fashion to build nuclear warheads, which ...