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Jun 29, 2023 · W e know that an all-out U.S.-Russia nuclear war would be bad. But how bad, exactly? How do your chances of surviving the explosions, radiation, and nuclear winter depend on where you live?
Mar 7, 2024 · What Western allies see as more likely is that Russia will use a so-called tactical nuclear weapon, which is less destructive and designed to strike targets over short distances to...
Mar 23, 2022 · Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. What’s the Likelihood of Nuclear War? The Ukraine crisis isn’t as dangerous as the darkest moments of the Cold War, but the potential for mistakes and...
Mar 11, 2022 · How do researchers gauge the probability and severity of nuclear war? Catastrophic risk expert Seth Baum explains.
Feb 27, 2022 · The Russian invasion has relied entirely on conventional weapons — tanks rattling down highways, bombers flying overhead, ships landing in the port city of Odesa — and experts told Vox that in the...
Jan 23, 2024 · Recent history suggests that there will be tremendous pressure to further expand the US nuclear arsenal to compensate for the perceived deterrence gap with China, even if there is evidence that more nuclear weapons would actually diminish stability, and hence long-term US security.
Nov 18, 2022 · The risk of starting a shooting war with another nuclear-armed nation, a war that could escalate to a massive and horrifically destructive nuclear exchange, constrains how countries fight and...
Jan 23, 2024 · Despite decades of arms control agreements there are still about 13,000 nuclear warheads globally, 90% of them Russian and American. Six other countries are declared nuclear powers: the UK,...
Mar 7, 2023 · The world has lurched a step closer to the prospect of nuclear war, say researchers, after Russia declared last month that it would suspend its participation in its last major nuclear-arms...
Feb 28, 2022 · On Sunday, President Putin ordered his military to move Russia's "deterrent forces" - which include nuclear weapons - to a "special mode of combat duty". But what exactly does that mean?
