nuclear

1968 Thule Air Base B-52 Crash with 4 Hydrogen Bombs On Board

Background On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule…

March 31, 2021

Operation Argus – High-Altitude Nuclear Detonations in 1958

Background In late summer of 1958, the United States Navy Task Force 88 (TF 88) conducted one of the U.S.’s…

February 3, 2021

Nuclear Notes Number 1 – The Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), June 1974

Background NUMBER ONE IN A SERIES OF INFORMATION PAPERS ON TOPICS ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, PRINCIPALLY DESIGNED FOR USE BY…

December 1, 2020

Manhattan District History, Written Circa Late 1940s

Background General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineer District, in late 1944 commissioned a multi-volume history of the Manhattan…

August 28, 2020

Superviolence: The Civil Threat of Mass Destruction Weapons, 1972

Background Superviolence is defined as the illegitimate use of nuclear, chemical, or biological mass destruction devices by domestic agents for…

June 26, 2020