Military History

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On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted history’s first test of a nuclear device (code-named Trinity) in the desert scrubland of south-central New Mexico. Weeks later, on August 6 and 9, it became the first—and thus far only—nation to use nucle

Los Angeles Times

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The bombs dropped by the United States on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago, in the final days of World War II, incinerated some 200,000 people, most of them civilians. And they did much more than that. They also transformed the natur

NPR

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The U.S. has reportedly begun patrols with the low-yield weapons, which it says are needed to counter Russia. Critics worry they increase the risk of nuclear war.

BBC World Histories Magazine

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When have nuclear weapons come closest to destabilising world peace – and how close to the brink of nuclear war did the world come? Benoît Pelopidas: “How close was it?” is a misleading question if asked alone. One also needs to ask: how controllable

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) . . . good Lord, illegal. Armageddon is against the law! Well, sort of. And the Trump administration do

The Atlantic

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Opening their paper on Friday morning, readers of The Wall Street Journal encountered a financial item of unusually wide interest. “Here’s a question that’s probably not on the CFA exam,” write Mike Bird and Riva Gold. “What happens to financial mark

NPR

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The administration's Nuclear Posture Review mentions a massive, nuclear-armed torpedo capable of incinerating cities. But is it real?

Men's Fitness UK

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The Godfather of them all and the ultimate pilgrimage for OCR purists. Like burpees and throwing spears? Fancy yourself as having the legendary endurance of a Spartan? With a series of UK locations, this could be the race for you. A highly rated, fun

TIME

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THE WORLD TODAY IS OVERWHELMED WITH PROBLEMS. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss. But no problem is more urgent than the militarization of politics and the new arms race. Stopping and reversing this ruinous race must be our top priority.

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Whenever the topic is nuclear weapons, I remain in a state of disbelief that we can talk about them "strategically" -- that language allows us to maintain such a distance from the reality of what they do, we can casually debate their use. Consider, i

The Atlantic

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While the treaty faces many barriers to implementation, it signifies a profound international statement.

Popular Science

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Video still, public domain footage from Los Alamos National Laboratory Operation Upshot-Knothole Annie Nuclear Test Civil Defense looked at how houses fared in nuclear blasts, to plan for possible survival after an attack. On March 17th, 1953, a nucl

Nautilus

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When opposing nations gained access to nuclear weapons, it fundamentally changed the logic of war. You might say that it made questions about war more cleanly logical—with nuclear-armed belligerents, there are fewer classic military analyses about mo

The Atlantic

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We’ve gone from the first decade since the advent of the atomic age to not yield a new nuclear-weapons state to the brink of war between the U.S. and Iran.

FactCheck.org

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A day after he threatened North Korea with "fire and fury," President Donald Trump distorted the facts when he boasted that his "first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal" and "it is now far stronger and more powerful

The Atlantic

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It’s, in fact, a briefcase—but that’s little consolation if you’re faced with annihilation.  

Chicago Tribune

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By the 1950s, just years after U.S. B-29s dropped the first atomic bombs, Americans prepared for nuclear war. They built underground shelters and stocked them with supplies. Children at school practiced duck-and-cover drills. In some cities, schools

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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The annual defense budget, passed recently by both the House (377-48) and Senate (82-8), came in at $738 billion for 2020, up from last year a sweet $22 billion. War hits the motherlode every year. "The money just isn't there" for virtually anything

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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". . . real security can only be shared . . ." I call it news in a cage: the fact that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. In other words, how nice, but it has nothing to do with the r

Union of Concerned Scientists

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International security experts often refer to the twin goals of military policy: to minimize the risk of war and to minimize the damage should war start. Because nuclear weapons are so destructive, the goal must be to eliminate—and not just minimize—

RECOIL OFFGRID

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There were times in recent American history when we believed that humanity would cause the end of itself through nuclear warfare. The world anxiously watched for 13 days as the United States and Soviet Union inched to the brink of nuclear devastation

Popular Science

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NASA In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur asked the president for permission to drop 34 atomic bombs in the Korean War. While his request was denied, he continued to defend the proposal for years after, arguing in a 1954 interview that “between 30 and

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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"I'm so honored to be alive at such a miraculous time in history. I'm so moved by what's going on in our world today." This was 2003. The words were those of Robert Muller -- the other one, the one from Costa Rica, former assistant secretary general

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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One thing that becomes clear to me when I wander into the world, and the minds, of geopolitical professionals -- government people -- is how limited and linear their thinking seems to be. When I do so, an internal distress signal starts beeping and w

History of War

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Author: W.J. Nuttall Publisher: Whittles Publishing Price: £18.99 The story of Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent is a fascinating one and provides more than enough raw material for an engrossing study. W.J. Nuttall demonstrates a great depth of

Futurity

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More than 100 million people could die immediately if India and Pakistan wage a nuclear war, followed by global mass starvation, according to a new study. “Such a war would threaten not only the locations where bombs might be targeted but the entire

Los Angeles Times

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Here, in a nutshell, are the laws and procedures that limit President Donald Trump's power to launch a nuclear strike against North Korea anytime he likes: There aren't any. If the president wakes up one morning, turns on Fox News and decides that Ki

Los Angeles Times

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An editorial by the Los Angeles Times: ------ Alarmed by President Trump's bellicose statements and impulsive governing style, two congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit the president - any president - from launching

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and is expected to announce a drawdown of troops in both countries. Currently there are approximately 4,500

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and is expected to announce a drawdown of troops in both countries. Currently there are approximately 4,500