J. Robert Oppenheimer was the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb,” and is now the subject of a blockbuster biopic. But Oppenheimer always despaired about the nuclear arms race triggered by his creation. So the approaching 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing invites us to ask how far we’ve come — or haven’t ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear warfare to the forefront. But how would modern nuclear detonations impact the world today? A new study provides stark information on the global impact of nuclear war. The study’s lead author LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Assistant Professor Cheryl Harrison and coauthors ran multiple computer simulations ...
North Korea is taking steps to boost its military power. The country has over 60 nuclear weapons and it keeps on testing missiles from time to time. UN Security Council sanctions and denuclearization summits notwithstanding, the rogue country keeps developing and testing ballistic missiles. The U.S. and its close allies think of North Korea as ...
The fact that China’s nuclear force is expanding much faster than thought is of great concern. A country’s need to have a strong nuclear weapons arsenal is one of the primary expenditures borne by nations. The need to strengthen the nation’s security and defense systems — especially after the atom bomb destruction faced by Hiroshima ...
A new report by the U.S. Defense Department has warned that China will be doubling its nuclear warheads and boosting its nuclear capabilities over the next 10 years while also expanding the various ways of deploying those weapons. The report, titled “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China — 2020,” was presented ...
Kim Jong-un’s recent PR stunt may have backfired on him, North Korean defectors told the media. On Dec. 4, North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun reported that the country’s hereditary dictator, his wife Ri Sol-ju, and several military generals had toured Mount Paektu, a national landmark considered sacred for its importance in Korean legend and the founding ...
In past negotiations aimed at reducing the arsenals of the world’s nuclear superpowers, chiefly the U.S. and Russia, a major sticking point has been the verification process: How do you prove that real bombs and nuclear devices — not just replicas — have been destroyed, without revealing closely held secrets about the design of those ...
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