Category Archives: Missile Defense
Missile Defense in Europe and US-Russia Nuclear Negotiations
Originally published here. I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. – President Ronald W. Reagan, speaking about his Strategic Defense [...]
‘Less than 33 minutes away, their whole city, their whole life, could be annihilated.’
Originally published here. The image above is from a classic Cold War-era propaganda comic book, “The H-Bomb And You“, published in 1954. It’s all about civil defense, and how patriotic Americans could do their part to defend the homeland. A smartly dressed, avuncular civil defense corps representative answers some schoolkids’ questions, and concludes with: Even [...]
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‘A Very Pragmatic Proposal’ – The Obama Administration’s New Approach To Missile Defense