Category Archives: Nuclear

Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024)

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Luke Ford

Annie Jacobsen writes in her recent book: * As a general rule, missile tests as significant as an ICBM launch are announced, usually to neighbors — through diplomatic channels, back channels, some other kind of channel, but almost always through … Continue reading →

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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

Richard Rhodes writes in his 1995 book: * [Lavrentiy] Beria was vulnerable. He had been assigned a vital project which had been given the highest priority of the state, but he lacked the knowledge necessary to judge its progress. He … Continue reading →

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Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government’s secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2017 book by Garrett M. Graff: * Beyond the physical infrastructure, a major concern in the national evacuation plans was precisely how smoothly those “host areas” would absorb their new residents. Racial tensions were … Continue reading →

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Fallout (2013)

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Luke Ford

Helen Caldicott says in this documentary: “America was testing atmospheric bombs in Nevada and they only did it when the wind blew east over the Mormon population because they knew the Mormons were so patriotic, they would never complain.” You … Continue reading →

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