nukes
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Russia Reveals ‘Satan 2’ Nuclear Missile Capable Of Destroying Texas In One Blow
Russia is flexing its military muscle as tensions with the US simmer in the wake of a heated third presidential debate, where Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton called Republican candidate Donald Trump a “puppet” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now, Russia has declassified the first image of its new thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Though It Seems Crazy Now, The Neutron Bomb Was Intended To Be Humane
Until the day he died, physicist Samuel Cohen declared that his invention, the neutron bomb, was a “moral” and “sane” weapon that would kill enemy combatants, while sparing civilians and cities. But, despite the support of fans like Ronald Reagan, this weapon of not-as-much mass destruction proved to be a hard sell.
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The Pentagon’s Effort To Make Smaller Nukes Scares Me
Hey look, it’s the scariest New York Times sentence you’ll read in 2016: “The explosive innards of the revitalized [nuclear] weapons may not be entirely new, they argue, but the smaller yields and better targeting can make the arms more tempting to use — even to use first, rather than in retaliation.”
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Neat Visualisation Shows Which Country Has The Most Nukes Over History
This visualisation by drwtsn breaks down the nuclear arms race starting from the 1940s until now. The countries shown are the countries who have historically had the most nuclear weapons: the US, Russia, the UK, France and China (a few other countries have nukes too but are not represented).