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Nuclear war would be more devastating for Earth's climate than cold war predictions – even with fewer weapons

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There are now an estimated 12,512 nuclear warheads.

The Conversation

The nuclear arms race's legacy at home: Toxic contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecy

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further…

The Conversation

Oppenheimer & nuclear-industrial complex

What Oppie began became a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on planet where destruction lurks around the corner

Salon

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The United States, Iran, And The Lessons Of The Last War

The disillusionment of the United States after the most recent wars, and the consequent desire to avoid repeating them

Zenger

Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks

It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan and across Europe.

The Conversation

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

The Independent UK

Bluffing or not, Putin’s declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus ramps up saber-rattling

Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern Europe

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Visiting the Trinity Site featured in 'Oppenheimer' is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons

Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. After watching the film, I was inspired to write about my visit to the actual Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated.

The Conversation

How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the 'father of the atomic bomb'

“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind and moral decisions of J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the team of brilliant scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who built the world’s first atomic bomb. It’s not a documentary, but it gets the big historical…

The Conversation

I was a US nuclear missile operator. I’m grateful for the Oppenheimer film

The questions at the center of Oppenheimer don’t feel theoretical to me. From 2012 to 2017 I worked on nearly 300 nuclear silo alerts

The Guardian - US

The atomic truth behind "Oppenheimer"

The man who christened the nuclear age with violence regretted the crater he left on the world

Salon

‘Oppenheimer’ sparks nuclear debate. Will Congress join in?

A few are skipping all the Oppenheimer vs. Barbie memes and trying to seize the moment to promote their legislation.

Roll Call

Oppenheimer biographer supports US bill to bar use of AI in nuclear launches

Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus, says technology is ‘too dangerous to gamble with’ and supports US senator’s attempt to bar it

The Guardian - US

Christopher Nolan: ‘Very strong parallels’ between Oppenheimer and scientists worried about AI

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Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror

UK campaigners hope movie will draw attention to ‘real and present danger’ posed by atomic weapons

The Independent UK

North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deploys a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades

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US deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North

THE United States has deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades.

The Conversation

Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes

Imagine an October surprise like no other: Only a week before Nov. 5, 2024, a video recording reveals a secret meeting between Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The American and Ukrainian presidents agree to immediately initiate Ukraine into NATO under “the special emergency membership protocol” and prepare for a nuclear…

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Decades after the first atomic weapons test in 1945, nuclear disarmament has stalled.

Much more needs to be done to rid the world of more than 12,500 nuclear weapons, most of them held by the U.S. and Russia, and to redirect the billions spent on these weapons.

The Independent UK

How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

France 24

US intelligence finds Iran not currently pursuing nuclear weapons

A US intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them.

The Times of India

Armed mutiny: Wagner fighters came close to acquiring Russian nukes?

On June 24, as Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebel Wagner forces advanced towards Moscow, a group of military vehicles took an eastern diversion towards a fortified Russian army base believed to house nuclear weapons, Reuters reported after interviews with local residents and going through videos posted online.

The Independent UK

US intelligence assessment says Iran not currently developing nuclear weapons

A U.S. intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden's nuclear briefcase spotted being carried out of Downing Street during UK visit

The United States' so-called 'nuclear football' briefcase was spotted being carried out of Downing Street after President Joe Biden visited UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. The ominous black leather suitcase is carried with the President whene

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