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Japan Is Destined to Have Nuclear Weapons

My country, Japan, has reached a historic crossroads: It must develop nuclear weapons because it really does not have a choice. If

Not a World War But a World at War

Just in the past 24 months, an astonishing number of armed conflicts have started, renewed, or escalated. Some had been fully frozen,

Space Weapons Heading To Orbit According To Space Force Chief

The Space Force, Donald Trump’s gift to the U.S. military-industrial complex, is hard at work keeping America safe from international threats from

National stockpiles for radiological and nuclear emergencies: policy advice

This document describes protocols and practices for ensuring the essential elements of a national stockpile of medical countermeasures for radiation emergencies, particularly

China Taking Over While Europe Sleeps

Europe is in “complete denial” as China proceeds to spread its influence on the continent. At least that is the urgent, unequivocal

Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism (2023)

Pre-Publication copy. Subject to revision. The assessment of risk is complex and often controversial. It is derived from the existence of ahazard,

The sorry state of civil defence in the UK

Nowadays in the UK, the topic of civil defence is rarely uttered in the chambers of parliament. In neither of the two

Lavrov called US plans to give Kyiv F-16 an example of a dangerous development of events

The appearance of F-16 fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons in Kiev will be considered by Russia as a threat from the

Ukraine says Putin is planning a nuclear disaster. These people live nearby.

The risk of a major disaster at the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant terrifies Nadiya Hez, who lives in an area that

Here’s How Bad a Nuclear War Would Actually Be

We know that an all-out U.S.-Russia nuclear war would be bad. But how bad, exactly? How do your chances of surviving the

UN Nuclear Chief Expresses Concern for Safety of Large Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Held by Russia

At a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

IAEA: ‘No immediate risk’ to Zaporizhzhia from dam damage

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the impact of the damage to the dam on cooling water supplies to the Zaporizhzhia