The trajectory of a crisis depends on three resources: power, determination, and information. Power is the obvious variable. Most of the time both sides have a fair grasp of the distribution of power.

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

Cruise missiles of past wars have meant the death of the delivery pilot. "A One Way Trip To Death" explores the history of how this lethal assault weapon came about, and how it played an impressive ...

Our wide-range of operations and training exercises around the world and in space.

The current peace talks among world leaders about Israel and Palestine on ceasefire and the compliance between both parties ...

They did not understand but they began to look at one another and say, ‘Could this one be the Messiah? Or that one? Or even that one?’ They began to see each other differently and began to respect ...

As the principal author of "shock and awe," I believe Donald Trump is in great debt to me for all the shock and awe he is ...

The US has never reached DEFCON 1. The highest it has ever been is thought to be a DEFCON 2 status, which occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In February 2022, a senior official from the US ...

It's a term that's casually thrown around in movies and novels. But what does "DEFCON" mean, and what's the significance of ...

Instead of insisting that such weapons are necessary to deter potential adversaries, members of the nuclear club should listen to the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks and their call for ...

The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

Michael Jordan enjoyed nightclubs and dancing. He was thrilled to have inaugural season tickets for the Florida Marlins, bragged about his golf handicap and hole-in-one, and loved his trips to casinos ...