aThe president of the United States has one of the toughest jobs in the world. Hardly anyone else is watched so closely by so many people. Reporters follow the president patiently, eager for his opinion on everything from nuclear warheads to the outcome of a football match. The president mus...
…During the Cold War the United States, the Soviet Union, and other major powers built up enormous stockpiles containing tens of thousands of nuclear bombs, missile warheads, and artillery shells—so many that the military and diplomatic standoff of that era was sometimes described as a “bala...
In this issue of the Nuclear Notebook, we estimate that the United States maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,708 warheadsan unchanged estimate from the previous year. Of these, only about 1,770 warheads are deployed, while approximately 1,938 are held in reserve. Additionally, ...
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...
The President of the United States has one of the toughest jobs in the world.Hardly anyone else is watched so closely by so many people.Reporters follow the President relentlessly(无同情心地),eager for his opinion on everything from nuclear warheads to the outcome of the Super Bowl(每年两个...
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Kinzhar's flight speed is 10 times faster than the speed of sound, with a range of over 1250 miles, and can carry nuclear or conventional warheads. The military stated that it is capable of striking land targets and naval vessels. ...
The USSR had shipped missiles with nuclear warheads into communist Cuba. The United States, feeling threatened, demanded those missiles be withdrawn. Tensions ensued. Diplomatic and military preparations were made. Every hour counted. Every decision was critical. One wrong move and millions would die...
“The flight time to targets on our territory of such missiles, which in the future may be equipped with nuclear warheads, will be about 10 minutes,” Mr Putin said. “We will take mirror measures to deploy, taking into account the actions of the United States, its satellites in Europe...
He goes on to relate how Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina and Major General Michael Carey were both fired following a secret nuclear warheads transfer that took place (off the record and without a paper trail) from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas to South Carolina. According to Gucciardi, these...
Victor Strand and Morgan Jones tried to stop the Doomsday Cult from launching nuclear warheads but Theodore Maddox and Jason Riley managed to fire one missile right before they were stopped by the two of them. It is unknown how far the nuclear fallout reached. It is possible that the blast ...