If the Japanese can’t build a safe reactor, who can? - The Washington Post
march 2011 by maciej
The Japanese reactors were built by General Electric
idiot
nukes
applebaum
march 2011 by maciej
Schneier on Security: Stuxnet News
november 2010 by maciej
Interesting comment thread on stuxnet
stuxnet
nukes
risks
computer
security
november 2010 by maciej
Determining the truth about U.S. missile defense | The Bulletin Online
october 2007 by maciej
on the interceptors bush is pushing for in Poland and the Czech republic
nukes
polska
october 2007 by maciej
Blue Peacock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2007 by maciej
british nuclear landmine usng chickens as a heater
nukes
what
chicken
october 2007 by maciej
Foreword - Nuclear War Survival Skills, Free 280 pg Book On-Line! Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ! Potassium Iodide (Iodine) OTC Sources, Radiation Protection Info!
september 2007 by maciej
crazypants introduction by edward teller. The "surviving without doctors" chapter is particularly interesting
survival
cold
war
teller
nukes
etext
september 2007 by maciej
Uranium Hexafluoride Tailings - characteristics, transport and storage
january 2007 by maciej
PDF on UF6 storage at a siberian chemical facility in Tomsk
risk
nukes
uranium
chem
pdf
january 2007 by maciej
Projected US Casualties and Destruction of US Medical Services From Attacks by Russian Nuclear Forces
october 2006 by maciej
what would happen if someone tripped and hit the button tonight
med
nukes
russia
us
mil
scenario
radiation
missile_defense
october 2006 by maciej
The 88s :: A “Blame China” Fisking :: October :: 2006
october 2006 by maciej
a nice demolishing of a really stupid north korea article by anne applebaum
dprk
pundit
crush
china
politics
nukes
proliferation
rant
october 2006 by maciej
CNS - A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences - August 12, 2004 - Research Story
august 2006 by maciej
a 2004 rumination on the consequences of attacking Iran and potential targets in Iran to hit
war
mil
iran
politics
nukes
analysis
geo
august 2006 by maciej
Mother lode of interesting usenet postings
april 2006 by maciej
lots of good stuff in aviation and nukes, probably more
aviation
reference
usenet
nukes
computing
cool
april 2006 by maciej
Dead Hand nuclear retaliation system
february 2006 by maciej
the friendly (and possibly apocryphal) Russian doomsday device
russia
cccp
cold_war
nukes
yow
mil
february 2006 by maciej
Nixon's nuclear ploy | thebulletin.org
february 2006 by maciej
Nixon orders secret nuclear alert for very RAND-corporation reasons, russians don't care
nukes
hist
cccp
cold_war
mil
nixon
february 2006 by maciej
SAC stories
february 2006 by maciej
some of these are fun. Note especially last one, a discussion of the dangerous near-miss due to a breakdown in what were thought to be independent comm links
nukes
sac
aviation
history
mil
february 2006 by maciej
Nebraska civil defense in the 1950's
february 2006 by maciej
In Nebraska, the Department of Agriculture created the "Nebraskit" a compressed biscuit made from wheat, corn or milo. Each of the Nebraskits were designed to satisfy a person's food needs during a stay in a fallout shelter.
nebraskit
food
nukes
cold_war
ha
nabraska
february 2006 by maciej
US Air Force B-36 Flying 1955-1957
february 2006 by maciej
first person account of crewing one of the ginormous early nuclear bombers
aviation
mil
nukes
history
memoir
february 2006 by maciej
20 Mishaps that Could Have Started An Accidental Nuclear War
august 2005 by maciej
some of these are genuinely scary, if the reporting is accurate
nukes
risk
cold_war
hist
mil
august 2005 by maciej
frontline: missile wars | PBS
august 2005 by maciej
archive of videos on SDI and missile defense
video
sdi
nukes
aviation
space
politics
august 2005 by maciej
Permissive Action Links
august 2005 by maciej
speculation on the design, nature, and protocols surrounding the use of permissive action links - locks that prevent tampering or unauthorized detonation of nuclear warheads
crypto
nukes
cold_war
risk
tech
mil
reference
august 2005 by maciej
EINSTEINIUM AND FERMIUM
august 2005 by maciej
account of the discovery of Einsteinium and Fermium after the first H-bomb test
chem
nukes
physics
august 2005 by maciej
Properties of Plutonium
august 2005 by maciej
Very detailed discussion of plutonium, including its strange phase changes and biological effects
nukes
chem
reference
physics
august 2005 by maciej
PREVIEW: Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
august 2005 by maciej
R. Frank uses recently released "Magic" intercept data to argue that the atomic bombs on Japan were not dropped out of calculation but out of perceived military necessity
wwii
nukes
hist
japan
us
mil
august 2005 by maciej
Two strontium powered lighthouses vandalised on the Kola Peninsula
august 2005 by maciej
apparently a huge amount of unsecured radioactive stuff is being used in power supplies across remote parts of russia
nukes
radiation
russia
august 2005 by maciej
U.S. nuclear forces, 2005 | thebulletin.org
april 2005 by maciej
Stats on currently deployed US nuclear forces
nukes
data
april 2005 by maciej
Louis P. Slotin - Killed in supercriticality accident at Los Alamos, 1946
april 2005 by maciej
desription of slotin's death in an accident very similar to daghlian's
nukes
radiation
physics
hist
april 2005 by maciej
Harry Daghlian: The Omega Site Accident at Los Alamos
april 2005 by maciej
description of Harry Daghlian's horrible death after accidentally assembling a supercritical plutonium experiment at los alamos in 1945
radiation
nukes
physics
hist
april 2005 by maciej
4.4 Elements of Thermonuclear Weapon Design
april 2005 by maciej
exhaustive detail on choices of radiation case, ablation layer and fission fuel
physics
nukes
april 2005 by maciej
Matter, Energy, and Radiation Hydrodynamics
april 2005 by maciej
ultracomprehensive primer on the physics of condensed matter at very high K, shock waves, and optical properties of material in a thermonuclear bomb
physics
nukes
april 2005 by maciej
Basic Principles of Staged Radiation Implosion ("Teller-Ulam Design")
april 2005 by maciej
ablation pressure, not radiation or plasma pressure
nukes
physics
april 2005 by maciej
What's left to protect? | thebulletin.org
april 2005 by maciej
Argues that there are no significant reasons to continue to keep nuclear weapons design secret
nukes
april 2005 by maciej
Eyeballing the Kirtland Underground Munitions Storage Complex
april 2005 by maciej
high-res pictures and info on the nuclear weapons storage megasite
nukes
images
april 2005 by maciej
Nuclear Weapon Design
april 2005 by maciej
Detailed articles on H-bomb design and history
nukes
sci
tech
april 2005 by maciej
DOE/NV - Historical Nuclear Weapons Test Films
march 2005 by maciej
large archive of short clips from all kinds of nuclear tests
nukes
movie
hist
cold_war
cool
march 2005 by maciej
Blue Peacock: Nuclear mines 'to stop Soviets'
march 2005 by maciej
Abandoned 50's era British plan to hide ten nuclear mines in Germany
cold_war
nukes
march 2005 by maciej
Ch. 1: The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts - Nuclear War Survival Skills
march 2005 by maciej
Nuclear War is not nearly as bad as you think
cccp
cold_war
nukes
propaganda
march 2005 by maciej
Semipalatinsk Journal: It Was Once Ground Zero. Now Little but Danger Is Left.
march 2005 by maciej
"Marble-size balls of glassified soil crunch beneath Mr. Strilchuk's boots. He reads his radiation meter. Safer to stand here, he says. Not there."
nukes
cccp
hist
eco
march 2005 by maciej
The New York Times > Science > U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons
february 2005 by maciej
pilot program that could result in engineering of new weapons, rationale is improving stability
nukes
february 2005 by maciej
Medium Atomic Demolition Munition - MADM
november 2004 by maciej
one of a series of frighteningly small, real atomic munitions deployed by the US army back in the day
nukes
war
hist
november 2004 by maciej
Klaus Fuchs' Statement
november 2004 by maciej
transcript of 1950 confession by klaus fuchs
nukes
wwii
hist
november 2004 by maciej
The Tsar Bomba - Soviet-tested 50 megaton nuclear bomb
november 2004 by maciej
"The fabrication of this massive parachute disrupted the Soviet nylon hosiery industry"
cccp
nukes
hist
november 2004 by maciej
History of Atlas ICBM System
november 2004 by maciej
Official corps of engineers site describing early silo program
icbm
nukes
hist
november 2004 by maciej
Missile Site Coordinates
november 2004 by maciej
page of extensive links to cool missile silo-relates stuff
cool
geo
icbm
nukes
november 2004 by maciej
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