Nuclear Weapons

I’m not quite sure how humanity survived the advent of nuclear weapons without destroying itself — so far — but one thing that likely helped was the simple reason that it’s very hard to build a nuclear bomb. It requires refining uranium, which can’t be casually done in a basement…

Moscow will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine’s counteroffensive efforts are successful and recapture “Russian land”, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Sunday. The war of words once again escalated in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, with Zelensky declaring that it is “absolutely fair”…

Japan said Friday that North Korea posed a more serious threat to its national security than “ever before”, as nuclear-armed Pyongyang rattles its neighbours with repeated missile tests and belligerent rhetoric. In its annual white paper — a rundown of the most pressing military threats and plans to ensure stability…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lukashenko argues that hosting Russian nuclear weapons in his country is meant to deter aggression by Poland. Photo / AP Sometime in the past couple of months, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range…

The U.S. ignored Oppenheimer’s warnings about nuclear weapons and rushed to build and deploy a dangerous technology. We must not make the same mistake with AI American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (far left) points to a picture of the atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki, Japan, as scientist Henry D. Smyth (second…

Thursday 27 July 2023 6:00 am As Christopher Nolan’s epic about Oppenheimer, Godfather of the atomic bomb, hits cinema screens, new research shows banks globally are pulling back from funding nuclear weapons.  According to a new report from Don’t Bank on the Bomb, 109 financial firms worldwide have published policies…

Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons have moved the so-called Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than it’s ever been, and they’ve brought the nightmare vision to a new generation. The clock, maintained by the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists since 1947, in January was moved ahead by 10 seconds to…

Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons have moved the so-called Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than it’s ever been, and they’ve brought the nightmare vision to a new generation. The clock, maintained by the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists since 1947, in January was moved ahead by 10 seconds to…

Historical photo of the Trinity test. Photo: Everett Collection (Shutterstock) As millions of people head to the theaters this weekend to see Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer, a new study has been released that tracks the radioactive devastation wrought by the U.S. government’s first nuclear weapons test. The “Trinity” test, as…

On July 21, 2023, Christropher Nolan’s Oppenheimer entered wide release. The film follows J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who directed the US program to create the world’s first atomic bombs. The movie, shot in part in New Mexico, tells a story of the bomb and the early Cold War focused…