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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...
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...
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...
BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH: The Fallacy of Mutually Assured Destruction
Humanity has always believed that life could be saved by threatening death. It actually makes sense up to a point....
DRIVER FUEL / TARGET CORE: Nuclear Proliferation in Plain Sight
At first glance, the global nuclear landscape appears to be shrinking. Treaties have limited the number of...
NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR ARSENAL: The Hermit Kingdom is Armed and Dangerous
North Korea is the most secretive nation on Earth, but it could not hide the underground tests and ICBM launches that...
THE LAST TREATY: Will New START Expire Soon?
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the...
TRINITY: The Dead Man’s Journey Begins
It was 5:29 AM Mountain War Time on the morning of July 16, 1945. Eighteen-year-old Georgia Green rode shotgun beside...
ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE: A New Approach Toward Nuclear Conflict
For much of the 20th century, nuclear weapons were framed within a fragile doctrine of balance called Mutually Assured...
DISPOSAL OF FISSILE MATERIALS: A Better Way
Progress has been made since the height of the Cold War in reducing the number of nuclear weapons. Thousands of...
THE DEADLIEST DOLPHINS: Israel’s Nuclear Submarines
A new kind of hunter patrols the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Not with slashing fins and razor-sharp...
NIPPED IN THE BUD: A Fissile Approach Toward Nuclear Disarmament
The nuclear disarmament movement has long faced a daunting question: how do you eliminate nuclear weapons when several...
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