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How the next nuclear arms race will be different from the last one via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Benjamin Zala With the exception of North Korea, which is still establishing its first generation of nuclear weapons, all the world’s nuclear-armed states have begun modernizing and upgrading their arsenals. This fact, coupled with the destabilizing effects of new … Continue reading

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Which drone future will Americans choose? via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Hugh Gusterson The US government now faces the same dilemma over drones as it did over nuclear weapons in the late 1940s. It’s at a fork in the road. Intoxicated with short-term advantage. Blind to long-term dangers. After Hiroshima, … Continue reading

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Secret Cold War project results in largest US environmental cleanup via Knoxnews.com

… Most of the processes required the use of mercury, especially Colex (an abbreviation for “column exchange”), which proved to be the most successful. Some of the same big buildings that had been used for uranium enrichment during the Manhattan … Continue reading

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How did we forget about mutually assured destruction? via BBC News

… But the end of the Cold War hasn’t removed the nuclear warheads. Relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated in recent years. China, whose nuclear programme is little understood in the West, is doubling its military spending. India … Continue reading

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