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Geek Out

The US Air Force’s Crazy Plan To Launch Nuclear ICBMs From A Cargo Plane

When you think ICBM, things get Freudian — a long, slender missile erupting from an underground silo or submarine bay, gliding upwards. You probably don’t consider a giant missile dumped from the back of a plane. The Air Force did.

13 December 2011

Science

Newt Gingrich Is Bizarrely Terrified Of Electromagnetic Pulses

Moon mining isn’t the only thing election and adultery enthusiast Newt Gingrich is worried about — the GOP candidate has repeatedly, publicly, manically claimed that America is on the verge of being hit with an EMP attack. This is crazy.

12 December 2011

Geek Out

Taking Apart Nukes Is Probably A Stressful Job

I thought writing about gadgets was tough! Apparently I have nothing to worry about, and neither do you, unless you’re like Wesley Baptiste, who’s training to disarm old nuclear warheads for a living. Don’t drop that wrench.

14 November 2011

Geek Out

Check If Your House Will Be Vaporised In A Nuclear War

Call me paranoid, but I spend nearly every waking moment contemplating whether or not I’d survive a massive nuclear strike. I mean, weirder stuff has happened, guys! Luckily we can now pinpoint our chances with the precision of Google Maps.

19 May 2011

News

Did Iran Hack The UN’s Nuclear Inspectors?

Iran says its nuclear program is just for keeping the lights on. The US (and others) say it’s for making country-annihilating weapons. To be sure, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s been keeping tabs—and say they’ve been digitally attacked.

13 March 2011

News

A Meltdown May Be Under Way At Japan Nuclear Power Plant

An official with Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN that “a meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear power reactors” (the plant that exploded). Earlier, it looked like things would be under control but the company began to experience difficulty cooling the reactor, even attempting to solve the issue by dumping seawater. [CNN]

8 March 2011

News

Crazy Russian Nuke Plant: 10,000 Buttons Safer Than One Screen?

Touchscreens (and screens in general) are awesome. So sleek! So dynamic! So futuristic! Yeah, well what if they’re fundamentally confusing and dangerous, too?

17 January 2011

Online

Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Facility Splits Time As Cyberweapon Testing Ground

Stuxnet, the complex computer worm that nearly crippled Iran’s still-functioning nuclear program, didn’t just sprout from the ether. It was created, by Man, and was probably tested in Israel at the massive (and oft-unacknowledged) Dimona nuclear facility.

31 October 2010

This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

This is a Google Maps Satellite View of Yucca Flat, one of the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. Over 739 nuclear tests were run between 1951 and 1992 which has left the region scarred and pockmarked to this day.

9 December 2009

Our Century Of Fallout: Every Nuclear Detonation, Mapped

Everyone’s got a notion of how the last century went, in terms of nuclear explosions. There was Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. There were some nuclear tests out in the desert, and the ocean. But would you believe there were over 2000?

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