by John Ward | Oct 31, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
BROKEN ARROWS: Nuclear Accidents That Should Have Happened Since the dawn of the atomic age, our civilization has been held at risk by nuclear weapons. In some respects, the threat of nuclear war diminished when the Cold War ended. But in other ways, the risk has...
by John Ward | Oct 24, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
THE WILD CARD: Can Nuclear Weapons Be Hacked? In an age where power grids, financial institutions, and even the Pentagon’s top-secret military systems have all been hacked, can nuclear weapons be hacked as well? The short answer is: Yes! Cyber attacks have already...
by John Ward | Oct 17, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
FOOTBALLS AND BISCUITS: Presidents, Protocols, and Nuclear Launch Procedures Launching nuclear weapons is a simple process in the movies—turn some keys or push a button, and off they go. But buttons and keys have very little to do with one of the most sophisticated...
by John Ward | Oct 10, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
AGAINST ETHICAL STANDARDS OF MILITARY CONDUCT: Why Truman Nuked Japan As World War II came to a close, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Estimates of fatalities inflicted by those weapons are seldom accurate. Most...
by John Ward | Oct 3, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
JOINED AT THE HIP: Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are often seen as separate topics—one about clean energy, the other about war and destruction. Yet from their earliest beginnings, the two have been joined at the hip by science,...
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