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Pelosi wants to restrict Trump’s access to nuclear codes. But can she?
The system “is designed for speed and decisiveness,” experts said. “It’s not designed to debate the decision.”
The admiral in charge of America’s nukes says he has pictures of the world’s worst dictators with ‘not today’ on his office wall
U.S. Strategic Command chief Navy Adm. Charles “Chas” Richard has some very unusual portraits hanging in his office
No, those nuclear ‘doomsday planes’ weren’t in the air because of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
Everyone on Twitter needs to calm the f—k down about the fact that two military nuclear command planes were airborne when President Donald Trump let the nation know that he and his wife had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
Why there’s no such thing as ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons
No one knows if using low-yield or tactical nuclear weapons will trigger a full-scale nuclear war.
Why there’s no such thing as ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons
No one knows if using low-yield or tactical nuclear weapons will trigger a full-scale nuclear war.
Trump reportedly claimed that the US built a secret nuke. Here’s what he’s probably talking about
According to Rage — a new book published by legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward on the Trump administration — the president reportedly disclosed the existence of a new nuclear weapons system during a conversation about relations between the United States and North Korea
The Nuclear Triad: Bombers
A new bill would officially prohibit Trump from nuking hurricanes
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Business Insider. A bill that would prohibit the president or any other federal agency from using nuclear weapons to alter “weather patterns or addressing climate change,” was introduced in Congress on June 1, The Washington Post reported. The proposal is part of the Climate Change and Hurricane Correlation […]
Trump administration reportedly discussed conducting first nuclear test in decades
The Trump administration reportedly discussed conducting the first nuclear weapons test for the United States in decades.
Army colonel files federal lawsuit accusing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual assault
Army Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser has filed a federal lawsuit against Air Force Gen. John Hyten, alleging that Hyten sexually assaulted her while she worked for him at U.S. Strategic Command.
US nuclear forces have quietly kissed their floppy disks goodbye
This past June, the Air Force replaced the floppy disk with a new "highly secure solid state digital storage solution" in the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) that exercise command and control over land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines and long-range strategic bombers, officials said
Why the US has nukes in Turkey — and why it’s so hard to remove them
During the Cold War, the U.S. stationed B61 nuclear bombs in Turkey, among other NATO countries. Formally, the U.S. controlled the weapons during peacetime, but the host countries' forces trained and equipped planes so they could drop the bombs with U.S. support in the case of war
The Air Force is investigating whether an airman smoked weed at a missile alert facility for nuclear Minuteman ICBMs
The Air Force is investigating reports that an airman consumed marijuana while assigned to one of the highly-sensitive missile alert facility (MAF) responsible for overseeing 400 nuclear GM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota
US officials reportedly considered pulling nuclear weapons out of Turkey, effectively ending the US-Turkey alliance
US officials might move the US nuclear arsenal from Incirlik air base in Turkey. This move would wreck the tense relationship between the US and Turkey, which has devolved as Turkey attacked Kurdish forces that fought ISIS. Experts have questioned the wisdom of housing weapons in Turkey, in part due to the country's political instability.
Nukes aren’t f*cking magic, people
On Sunday, Axios reported that President Donald Trump had suggested "suggested multiple times" to national security officials that they "explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States."
An officer is prepared to testify to Congress that Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman nominee sexually assaulted her
A military officer told the Washington Post said is willing to testify under oath before the Senate, which is considering Air Force Gen. John Hyten's nomination to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Joint Chiefs of Staff published, then quickly deleted, its new nuclear doctrine
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff briefly published the Pentagon's official doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons before quickly pulling the document — Joint Publication 3-72, Nuclear Operations — from the public website
Chief Master Sergeant At Air Force Nuke Command Fired For Sending Inappropriate Texts
The senior enlisted leader at Air Force Global Strike Command has been fired after an investigation found he had sent inappropriate texts to a junior enlisted airmen during his previous assignment in Washington, D.C.
Military Jokingly Mentions Dropping Nukes In Tweet About New Year’s Ball Drop
The U.S. military is ringing in the New Year with jokes seemingly about nuclear armageddon. In a tweet reminiscent of something Gen. Jack Ripper might say, the account of Omaha, Nebraska-based U.S. Strategic Command shared that the Times Square tradition of ringing in the New Year consisted of “dropping the big ball,” adding that, “if […]
Russia Claims Its New ICBM Can Evade US Defenses. Don’t Worry, We Couldn’t Stop The Old Ones Either
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled on Thursday a new nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile he said would render defense systems “useless,” but surprise, assholes: Our current missile defenses probably couldn’t stop your old ones, either. The new ICBM has a longer range and “can reach almost any target in the world,” according to NBC News. And […]
Should Presidents Be Required To Physically Murder An Aide In Order To Launch Nukes?
So I got to thinking last night, as I do every couple of years: What if, in order to access the codes he needs to authenticate his identity and order a launch of nuclear missiles, the president of the United States of America had to personally kill a man with a meat cleaver? No, seriously, […]
No, The Nuclear Bombers Aren’t Going Back On 24-Hour Alert — Yet
Amid what feels like a never-ending cycle of nuclear brinksmanship with North Korea, the Air Force may return its fleet of nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortresses to the 24-hour ground alert cycle that defined the bomber fleet for decades during the height of the Cold War, according to an exclusive report from Defense One. The 24-hour “strip […]
11 Essential Items For Your Nuclear Bunker
There’s been a lot of talk of fire and fury this week, and no, this is not a review of Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones. On Aug. 8, North Korea’s state media reported that Pyongyang had threatened to nuke Guam with its new nuclear-capable missiles, a message that became public after President Donald Trump […]
FACT: The United States Has ‘Nuked’ Itself 1,032 Times
The first test of a thermonuclear, or fusion, bomb took place on November 1952 at Enewetak Island. Nicknamed Ivy Mike, the huge eighty-two-ton device was more of a building than a usable nuclear device. The device registered a yield of 10.4 megatons, or the equivalent of 10,400,000 tons of TNT. (Hiroshima, by contrast, was roughly […]