What does M.A.D. mean? M.A.D. refers to the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides, resulting in one clear, obvious outcome – mutually assured destruction.

I interviewed three anti-nuke activists to understand the Doomsday Clock and how our society thinks about the very real ...

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile defense system.

A longstanding Sinophobia in the U.S. goes back to the 19th century, with the Chinese Exclusion Act, the tax on Chinese miners during the Gold Rush, and ...

technological challenges and fears of mutually assured destruction kept such a doomsday on the distant horizon. As years passed, U.S. and Russian stockpiles of nuclear warheads grew, then shrank ...

AI optimists will tell you that disruptive technology and innovations usually create more jobs than they destroy as new uses ...

During the Cold War (1948-1991) with the Soviet Union, we addressed that threat with our doctrine of "Mutual Assured Destruction." If Moscow attacked us with long-range nuclear missiles ...

The Trump administration's Iron Dome for America executive order is causing political ripples, but with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) soliciting industry input on the concept, how would such a ...

But, according to its military doctrine, Russia could resort to nuclear first use if Russia—or its allies—were attacked with nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction ... capability to fabricate an ...

X-Men’s Cyclops is one of the most debated characters in Marvel lore and is still out here fighting for his respect. In ...