by Joseph A. Getto* In the autumn of 1854, on the battlefields of the Crimean War, British forces under Field Marshal Lord Raglan faced Russian defenders near Sevastopol. When enemy troops seized several artillery positions, Raglan — watching from a distant ridge — dispatched a vague order demanding that cavalry “advance rapidly to the front” […]
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How targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities could impact the environment
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News about the potential environmental impacts of targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities. “There are a lot of countries that have borders on the Persian Gulf that would not want to see the water in the Gulf contaminated by clouds of radioactive particles blowing in the wind passing over […]
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RUSSIA CONTINUES THREATS, LAUNCHES NEW IRBM AND TIGHTENS RELATIONSHIP WITH BELARUS In response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to conduct long-range strikes into Russia using U.S. supplied weapons, Moscow symbolically lowered the threshold for nuclear use in its doctrine, stating that Russia would use nuclear weapons not only in response to a nuclear […]
Heatwaves and H-Bombs: The Nuclear Triad’s Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
By Shawn Rostker Sunday, July 21, broke the record for the hottest day recorded on Earth in modern times. The following day, that record was broken again. Extreme weather events like this are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity than during any other period of recorded human existence, and the cumulative effects of climate […]
