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While the threat of nuclear war has subsided mostly since the end of the Cold War, many countries still possess the weapons. These are highly potent weapons, meant for leveling cities with utter ease.
Nuclear bombs are extremely deadly weapons, but their worst effects are confined to a limited zone. A government safety expert says its entirely possible to survive a nuclear explosion and its ...
The booklet introduced general public to the effects of nuclear weapons and was aimed at calming down the fears surrounding them. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Survival Under Atomic Attack was the first entry in a series of government publications and communications that employed the strategy of "emotion management" in order to neutralize the horrifying aspects ...
The Cold War ended in 1991, but the looming threat of nuclear attack lives on with more than 14,900 nuclear weapons wielded by nine nations.. A terrorist-caused nuclear detonation is one of 15 ...
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. [1]
Between 1958 and 1962, the hospital equipment was upgraded to take account of the risk of a chemical or nuclear attack. [4] A 25 m 3 (25,000,000 cubic centimetres) water tank, a ventilation and poison gas-filtering system were installed. Two Ganz diesel engines were also built to power electrical generators.
The head of America’s largest bank told an audience at the Institute of International Finance that his team is running scenarios in preparation for a global conflict involving nuclear powers.
The blast tunnel entrance. The doors to the actual bunker are perpendicular to this tunnel which reduces the effects of a nuclear shock wave. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War and the infancy of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threat, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker authorized the creation of close to 50 Emergency Government Headquarters (nicknamed "Diefenbunkers" by ...