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The world is understandably concerned about North Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities and Iran’s on-again, off-again progress toward its own bomb. But few people realize that quite a few...
Our imagination could not encompass the situation which would result from an attack on this country involving the explosion of 2,000 megatons….War no longer has any logic whatsoever.  –Dwight...
75 years ago this month, the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb. This was the beginning of an international arms race that today has 9 countries wielding enough nuclear firepower to make...
During the Cold War, the United States spent over $10.9 trillion on nuclear weapons. This includes the weapons themselves, the platforms and delivery vehicles (such as aircraft, rockets, and...
On July 17, 1945, a day after the U.S. tested the first atomic bomb, dozens of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project – which developed the world’s first nuclear weapons during World War...
No sooner had World War II ended, then another conflict began. This was the Cold War – an ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union and its allies that would last roughly 45...
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, one concern has been the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Recent reports indicate that Russia has been moving nuclear weapons into Belarus, a move that...