Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...

At the core of the report’s assessment is the long-term biological impact of ionising radiation, the potential of radiation ...

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Studies of the potential climate effects of nuclear war in the 1980s focused on northern hemisphere, large-scale nuclear conflicts, and predicted more extreme global “nuclear winter” scenarios.

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

Dive into a fascinating chapter of U.S. military science: the Nuclear Effects Branch at White Sands. From about 1974 to 1984, this unit—under the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Audiovisual ...

Editor’s Note: This article contains potentially triggering material, including discussions of war, health effects of atomic bombs, child death and more. In August 1945, the United States dropped ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The global security environment is deteriorating as America’s adversaries are ...

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