From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a strike – long-range, strategic bombers. As the conflict wore on, technological ...

To the Editor: In August of 1945, the U.S. had three nuclear weapons. We now have 3,708 omnicidal nukes, some 1,500 of which are ready for use. Their purpose? To deter nuclear-armed adversaries from ...

The Cold War evolved dramatically during the 1950s. Nuclear weapons changed military strategy forever. Direct conflict was ...

The White House is billing Friday’s relative quiet following a public and fiery clash between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a détente. Trump allies, ill at ease about the possibility of ...

The United States needs a replacement concept for deterrence, the theory that was a child of the Cold War. It no longer is fit for purpose. Why? A war in which there were only losers and no winners ...

Remember Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general played to chilling effect by Sterling Hayden in the 1964 movie "Dr. Strangelove"? If you're too young for that reference, you probably don't recall when ...

The United States and other countries are faced with the existential threat of global warming. Instead of using all available resources to address it, however, they are spending trillions of dollars ...

There is nothing a public policy analyst enjoys more than a good analogy. Artificial intelligence literature is replete with them, provided regularly by think tank experts, industry luminaries — ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction Enemy missiles are attacking your base! Shoot them down and see how long you can last against the onslaught. Games ...

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