Tag: nuclear

Reflections on a long-ago tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site.

The silences and muted statements on Capitol Hill are evading the reality of what’s hanging in the balance—the destruction of almost all human life on Earth.

“The space nuclear industry is flying blind—blinded by its devotion to profit and power."

The world’s nuclear professionals work across international boundaries to learn from each other, enhancing their safety and that of all they serve.

Is America’s future in space nuclear?

It’s essential for us to remember such grim details, not just for the sake of history, but for our future.

“Humans are not perfect, but they can empathize with their opponents and see the bigger picture. Unlike humans, autonomous weapons would have no ability to understand the consequences of their actions, no ability to step back from the brink of war.”

“Your administration’s efforts to double down on new, unnecessary nuclear weapons while scrapping mutually beneficial treaties risks the United States sliding into another arms race with Russia and erodes U.S. nonproliferation efforts around the world.”

Noam Chomsky talks about the significance of the INF treaty and the impact of Trump’s plan to pull out.

The reality is that it has largely been the U.S. that has been the aggressor through the terrifying and costly decades of the Cold War that this latest treaty exit action threatens to re-ignite.