Nukes

Enlarge/ Simulated temperature changes 2 years after a hypothetical nuclear war between India and Pakistan. 0 with 0 posters participating There are few things humans have committed to as whole-heartedly as the art of killing. The culmination of this effort…

SEOUL (Reuters) - As negotiators for the United States and North Korea resume talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear program this weekend, analysts say that the leaders of both countries face increased incentives to strike a deal, but that it is far from clear they w…

Adam Mount is a senior fellow and director of the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists. He is the co-director of the FAS International Study Group on North Korea Policy, a group of fourteen experts that proposed a consensus strateg…

Pakistan and India have fought three wars over Kashmir, a disputed territory to which both nations lay claim. Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, recently suggested the countries could be headed toward another. "There is a potential that two nuclear-armed…

As a kid, I remember filing out of my school in an orderly fashion once or twice a year for a fire drill. I remember kneeling in the hallway and covering my neck with my hands, which was supposed to protect me in the event of a tornado. The baby…

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: President Donald Trump isn't the first person to suggest we nuke a hurricane. Back in the '50s, a meteorologist named Jack Reed introduced the idea as a way to prevent hurricanes from reaching the coast. And …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Thursday it tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, calling it a "significant achievement" in its efforts to contain external threats and bolster its military power. The test-firing Wednesday was Nor…

Image copyrightKCNA via REUTERSImage caption A picture released by North Korea's news agency said to be of the missile North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-ran…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it had successfully test-fired a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, aimed at containing external threats and bolstering its self-defense. The l…

In addition to killing as many as 125 million people, a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would unleash mass starvation around the world due to the ensuing climate impacts, according to a disturbing new study. As if we need to be reminded of the ho…