For example, a carbon atom has six protons and six electrons. It's not that simple though. An atom's properties can change considerably based on how many of each particle it has. If you change the number of protons, you wind up with a different element altogether. If you alter the ...
There are many components that have to be coordinated in real time, and the entire procedure is completed less than 30 minutes after the enemy missile takes off. Some critics have said that the system is too complex to work effectively. The military has had mixed success in testing the ...
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North’s most recent bomb test. Any threat to the U.S. “will be met with a massive military response — a response both effective and overwhelming,” hesaid. “We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely North Korea, but as I said we have many options to do ...
In the final analysis, while nukes might have been able to, in the logic of war, save lives in a previous era, it would be very hard to make the case that they have been able to do so for the last 50 years or more because they’ve gotten so powerful and so plentiful. One or ...
First, a little housekeeping, then onto the subject of Japanese nukes. In the comments section of my previous post on the Sankei article, I posted the full text in Japanese. Two readers have offered translations, which I think is a model use of the comment section. In that spirit, I am...
of International Studies, notes, North Korea has never offered to give up its weapons. Instead, Pyongyang has only spoken of “denuclearization”—a term referring to the United States stepping back from its nuclear security commitments to South Korea in exchange for detente with the N...
Many on here just showing off their knowledge to the enemy. They (whoever they are) invested a lot of money, tested a weapon and don’t know what to do with it? It doesn’t make sense. They know exactly what to do with it, when and why. @ Amal, Agree with Mile – one of ...
There are many components that have to be coordinated in real time, and the entire procedure is completed less than 30 minutes after the enemy missile takes off. Some critics have said that the system is too complex to work effectively. The military has had mixed success in testing the ...