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Jeffrey Mankoff Security, Maybe more than you think... That History Book You Are Reading Is Wrong: Russia's Attack on Japan in World War II Matters With both Russia and Japan increasingly wary of Chinese power in the Asia-Pacific, four sparsely populated…

Earth has recently escaped a cataclysmic “tragedy” in July this year when asteroid 2019 OK zip past the planet. Every time Earth cannot be so lucky. A huge asteroid named as 467317 (2000 QW7) will approach dangerously towards Earth on September 14. Yes, you r…

In the book 15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation, several residents of the Marshall Islands told author L. Douglas Keeney of the great terror they felt on the morning when Castle Bravo, a gigantic thermonuclear bomb, lit …

A popular Reddit thread suggests a US scientist once lit his cigarette with a nuclear explosion. The story appears to be true: Theoretical physicist Ted Taylor ignited his smoke with thermal energy released by a test blast on June 1, …

I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect I’ve been living one all my life. Yes, I recently reread George Orwell’s classic 1949 novel,1984. In it, Winston Smith, a secret…

I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect Ive been living one all my life. Yes, I recently reread George Orwells classic 1949 novel, 1984. In it, Winston Smith, a secret …

(Tomdispatch.com) – I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect Ive been living one all my life. Yes, I recently reread George Orwells classic 1949 novel, 1984. In it, Wins…

It turned out that plenty of wars were liable to be fought without resorting to weapons of mass destruction. In the wake of the mushroom clouds that blossomed over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it swiftly dawned on political and military lea…

Last week, on the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, many took time to reflect upon the destruction caused by the only uses of nuclear weapons in wartime. But not the New York Times Bret Stephens, who took the opportunity to argue in fav…

Yet another asteroid is approaching dangerously towards Earth. Yes, you read it right. Asteroid dubbed as 2018 PN22 is all set to approach towards Earth on August 17 at 7:16 pm (ST). Don’t worry, asteroid 2018 PN22 will not hit the Earth and we all are safe. …