maciej + nukes   65

Determining the truth about U.S. missile defense | The Bulletin Online
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
british nuclear landmine usng chickens as a heater
nukes  what  chicken 
october 2007 by maciej
Uranium Hexafluoride Tailings - characteristics, transport and storage
PDF on UF6 storage at a siberian chemical facility in Tomsk
risk  nukes  uranium  chem  pdf 
january 2007 by maciej
depleted uranium hexafluoride videos
full-on geekout on storage and corrosion properties of (D)UF6, the most common byproduct of uranium enrichment
uranium  nukes  chem  physics  video  geekout  obsess  corrosion  risk  gas 
january 2007 by maciej
The 88s :: A “Blame China” Fisking :: October :: 2006
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
first person account of crewing one of the ginormous early nuclear bombers
aviation  mil  nukes  history  memoir 
february 2006 by maciej
The Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
Arkin blog post on increasingly contrived nuclear wargames designed to validate US doctrine
blog  nukes  russia  china  mil  strategy  politics  us 
november 2005 by maciej
20 Mishaps that Could Have Started An Accidental Nuclear War
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
archive of videos on SDI and missile defense
video  sdi  nukes  aviation  space  politics 
august 2005 by maciej
Permissive Action Links
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
account of the discovery of Einsteinium and Fermium after the first H-bomb test
chem  nukes  physics 
august 2005 by maciej
Properties of Plutonium
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
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
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
SLAM Supersonic Low-Altitude Missile (nuclear ramjet)
more technical background on the final project Pluto design
nukes  aviation  cold_war  mil  rocket 
july 2005 by maciej
Project Pluto - nuclear ramjet
1990's article about the cold-war era nuclear cruise missile. The engine was tested (!) but never flown
nukes  cold_war  aviation  hist 
july 2005 by maciej
History of Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel
NASA history of the decision to use H2 in the space program, and the development of the technology
chem  nasa  space  hist  us  cold_war  mil  nukes  shuttle 
july 2005 by maciej
U.S. nuclear forces, 2005 | thebulletin.org
Stats on currently deployed US nuclear forces
nukes  data 
april 2005 by maciej
Louis P. Slotin - Killed in supercriticality accident at Los Alamos, 1946
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
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
exhaustive detail on choices of radiation case, ablation layer and fission fuel
physics  nukes 
april 2005 by maciej
Matter, Energy, and Radiation Hydrodynamics
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
What's left to protect? | thebulletin.org
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
high-res pictures and info on the nuclear weapons storage megasite
nukes  images 
april 2005 by maciej
Nuclear Weapon Design
Detailed articles on H-bomb design and history
nukes  sci  tech 
april 2005 by maciej
DOE/NV - Historical Nuclear Weapons Test Films
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'
Abandoned 50's era British plan to hide ten nuclear mines in Germany
cold_war  nukes 
march 2005 by maciej
Semipalatinsk Journal: It Was Once Ground Zero. Now Little but Danger Is Left.
"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
pilot program that could result in engineering of new weapons, rationale is improving stability
nukes 
february 2005 by maciej
Medium Atomic Demolition Munition - MADM
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
transcript of 1950 confession by klaus fuchs
nukes  wwii  hist 
november 2004 by maciej
The Tsar Bomba - Soviet-tested 50 megaton nuclear bomb
"The fabrication of this massive parachute disrupted the Soviet nylon hosiery industry"
cccp  nukes  hist 
november 2004 by maciej
History of Atlas ICBM System
Official corps of engineers site describing early silo program
icbm  nukes  hist 
november 2004 by maciej
Missile Site Coordinates
page of extensive links to cool missile silo-relates stuff
cool  geo  icbm  nukes 
november 2004 by maciej

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