by John Ward | Apr 19, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities
5 Civilization Ending Nuclear Wars We Barely Avoided: (The Cuban Missile Crisis Wasn’t Scary Enough to Make the List) In the nuclear age, history has often turned on a decision not made. Behind celebrated treaties and public declarations are moments where catastrophe...
by John Ward | Apr 6, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
Who Has the Button? Understanding Nuclear Command and Control In popular culture, the idea of a red button that launches nuclear missiles has become a symbol of ultimate power. But behind the metaphor is a complex system of command and control, nuclear protocol, and...
by John Ward | Apr 4, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
The Doomsday Clock: What It Is and Why It Matters in 2025 In January 2025, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to ninety seconds before midnight—the closest point to symbolic catastrophe since the clock’s creation. While this...
by John Ward | Mar 28, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
What You Can Do The risks posed by nuclear weapons can seem overwhelming. Complex international politics, advanced technologies, and historical animosities often make it feel like world events are beyond the influence of ordinary people. Yet history shows that public...
by John Ward | Mar 20, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
The Overlooked Peril: Revisiting the Nuclear Threat Beyond contemporary issues that dominate headlines, a greater threat lies – that of nuclear war. The Cold War, when nuclear annihilation seemed realistically possible, is over now. Yet decades later, nuclear weapons...
by John Ward | Mar 14, 2025 | Global Nuclear Realities, Understanding the Risks
Voices From the Fallout When nuclear weapons are discussed, conversations are often dominated by geopolitical strategy, deterrence theory, or abstract numbers—megaton yields, missile ranges, warhead counts. But behind those stark calculations lie untold stories. Real...
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