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Tag Archives: Nuclear weapons
On This Day — Stanislav Petrov Saves the World from Nuclear War (September 26 1983)
“The siren howled. But I just sat there for a few seconds, staring at the big, back-lit, red screen with the word ‘LAUNCH’ on it.” Colonel Stanislav Petrov September 26 2025 — On September 26 1983 — just three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear False Alarm, Stanislav Petrov, This Day in History
Tagged History, Nuclear War, Nuclear weapons, politics, Russia, Stanislav Petrov, war
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80 Years Ago — From Victory to Atrocity : Remembering the War Crimes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“I voiced to him [U.S. Secretary of War Stimson] my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country … Continue reading
On This Day — Italian Physicist Ettore Majorana vanishes (March 25, 1938) [What Elon Musk does not know…]
“There are several categories of scientists in the world. Those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far. Next, there is the first rank, those who make important discoveries, fundamental to scientific progress. And then, … Continue reading
Posted in Elon Musk, Ettore Majorana, Nuclear Physics
Tagged atomic-bomb, fermi-paradox, History, Italy, Nuclear, Nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer, quantum
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40 Years Ago — Stanislav Petrov Saves the World from Nuclear War (September 26 1983) [UPDATE]
“The siren howled. But I just sat there for a few seconds, staring at the big, back-lit, red screen with the word ‘LAUNCH’ on it.” Colonel Stanislav Petrov September 26 2023 — On September 26 1983 — just three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear False Alarm, Stanislav Petrov, This Day in History
Tagged History, Nuclear War, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Stanislav Petrov, war
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On This Day — Italian Physicist Ettore Majorana vanishes (March 25, 1938) [What Elon Musk does not know…]
“There are several categories of scientists in the world. Those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far. Next, there is the first rank, those who make important discoveries, fundamental to scientific progress. And then, … Continue reading
Posted in Elon Musk, Ettore Majorana, Nuclear Physics
Tagged atomic-bomb, fermi-paradox, History, Italy, Nuclear, Nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer, quantum
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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [UPDATE — France deliberately underestimated environmental impact of nuclear tests in Polynesia]
“You can’t erase 60 years of state propaganda, denial, intimidation, contempt and arrogance with a wave of the hand.” Polynesian President Edouard Fritch (July 2021) August 24 2020 — Canopus (also known as “Opération Canopus” in French) was the code … Continue reading
Posted in France, Nuclear, nuclear test, Nuke
Tagged Fangataufa atoll, France, Nuclear weapons
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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [2020]
“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fangataufa atoll, France, Nuclear weapons
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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [2019]
“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fangataufa atoll, France, Nuclear weapons
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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968)
“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fangataufa atoll, France, Nuclear weapons
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