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This Scary Interactive Map Shows What Happens If A Nuke Explodes In Your Neighborhood
NUKEMAP, created by Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian, allows people to explore the blast radiu…
Brian Jones
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US General In Charge Of The Air Force's Entire Nuclear Arsenal Fired
Gen. James Kowalski, the commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command, made the decision follow…
Michael Kelley
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The ultimate ‘Nuclear Weapons’ history of the world: What we shouldn’t have but have, what we shouldn’t use but use!
What is more horrifying is that no definite count is available about their possessions, t…
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Everyone Calm Down, North Korea Does Not Have Miniature Nukes That Fit In Backpacks
But a new report from NKNews details how the packs were likely filled with rags, and at worst conta…
Brian Jones
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The US Army only ever fired one nuclear artillery shell from its 'Atomic Annie' cannon, and this is what it looked like
Here's what it looked like when the atomic cannon fired its one and only nuclear shot. The blast wa…
Ryan Pickrell
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MAP OF THE DAY: The Other 2000 Nuclear Tests
Isao Hashimoto created the multimedia artwork "1945-1998" to provide a bird's eye view of all of th…
Michael Kelley
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A new report suggests that Pakistan could have the fifth-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world by 2025
The authors pegged Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile at 140-150 warheads and predicted that this c…
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These Two Letters Ushered In The Precarious Age Of Nuclear Weaponry
The result was the "Einstein Letter," which historians know as the product not of a single hand but…
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Why China changed its mind about nuclear weapons and is bulking up its arsenal at 'accelerated' pace
"The Chinese hope to make it impossible for the US to be confident it can carry out a preemptive st…
Benjamin Brimelow
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North Korea Has Feared An American Nuclear Attack For Decades
In the past few decades, a dozen countries have given up their nuclear programs or handed over nucl…
The Christian Science Monitor
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Finnish prime minister says joining NATO doesn't mean hosting nuclear weapons on Russia's doorstep
Finland shares 830 miles of border with Russia, but doesn't want to have nuclear weapons in its bac…
Sinéad Baker
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The First Atomic Blast Occurred 68 Years Ago Today - Here Are 2000 Nuclear Tests That Have Occurred Since
The time lapse excludes some notable test — including all three by North Korea's (October 2006, May…
Michael Kelley
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Putin ally blusters about 'nuclear weapons for everyone' who joins Russia and Belarus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made the comment after Belarus agreed to host Russia's nu…
Kelsey Vlamis
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US plan to upgrade its nuclear weapons facilities in the UK 'quietly' slipped into DoD military documents, says defense expert
NATO has added the UK to a list of countries receiving $384m for the storage of US "special weapons…
Bethany Dawson
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CIA director warns Putin's 'desperation' over Russia's failures in Ukraine could lead him to use nukes
"None of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or …
John Haltiwanger
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Biden says Trump made a 'gigantic mistake' by reneging on the Iran deal and that Tehran is now closer to developing nuclear weapons
"The only thing worse than the Iran that exists now is an Iran with nuclear weapons," Biden said in…
Matthew Loh
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Pentagon discloses its count of China's nuclear warheads and says the arsenal could double this decade
"China is expanding and modernizing and diversifying its nuclear forces across the board," a top Pe…
Ryan Pickrell
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This Is The Woman Who Will Be Negotiating A Nuclear Deal With Iran
Sherman, a rail-thin woman with a shock of gray hair, has followed an unusual path to her current p…