Nuclear Weapons

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…

Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 20 Jul 2023 11:59PM · With a US nuclear-armed submarine making a port call in South Korea, North Korea is warning Washington it could deploy nuclear weaponry to counter the vessel's presence. – EPA pic, July 20, 2023. NORTH Korea’s Defence Minister Kang…

This editor is Gen X and lived through the Cold War, as well as global cooling, African killer bees, acid rain, the hole in the ozone layer, and so much more. It's fun to look back on all the '80s music videos and movies warning of mutually assured destruction; the…

As part of his battle against the so-called "woke" agenda, Florida governor and 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis recently vowed to abolish four federal agencies if elected president, including the Department of Energy—which could have major implications for U.S. nuclear capabilities. In a June 28 interview with Fox News's Martha MacCallum,…

(June 30, 2023 / JNS) “If necessary, just as we prevented the fall of Assad, we will prevent the fall of Putin.” This brazen claim was posted to a Telegram channel linked with the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) last Saturday, as an amazed world watched a mutiny…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded Raytheon Technologies a $625 million contract to produce nuclear-hardened satellite communications terminals.  The 11-year contract, announced June 28, is for production of FAB-T terminals used to connect strategic bombers and reconnaissance aircraft with classified military communications satellites.  This was a…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday he has instructed his high-ranking officials to develop an "algorithm for the use" of nuclear weapons deployed by Russia. The ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "most" of the tactical nuclear weapons Moscow plans to place in his country have already arrived.…

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