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When We’re Our Own Biggest Nuclear Threat

6:40AM November 23, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Last year, two men were handcuffed and detained after a drunken bar incident. Not unremarkable for your average road warrior. Except these two men were federal agents, and their cargo was nuclear weaponry. That’s terrifying. And it’s happened before. More »


Computing Classic: Video On How The Airforce Protected Us From Attacks In The 1960s

11:40AM June 27, 2009 | Brian Lam

Computing

Classic Computing: SAGE Protected US From 1960s Invasions

11:34AM June 20, 2009 | Brian Lam

Dag Spicer from the Computer History Museum leaned over and unscrewed a bolt. Underneath, it read, “I am Going Mad”. The operator’s job was to look for cold war bombers that never came. I would go mad, too. Look: More »