Defied the standing orders of the Evil Empire and saved the world in 1983. All hail LTC Stanislov Petrov! https://contra.com/p/LZU6moFb-the-silent-hero-how-stanislav-petrov-prevented-a-nuclear-war #petrov #StanislovPetrov #WW3 #EvilEmpire #USSR #NukeWar #SovietUnion

HOW A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON THE U.S. MIGHT UNFOLD, STEP BY STEP
(Washington Post, 2 July 2025)
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#CommPrep #prepper #nukes #NukeWar #EmergencyPrep

via Kara Swisher
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In the Nuclear Command & Control System, the STRATCOM commander advises the President, then follows his direct orders.
There is no human being between these individuals. Not the secretary of defense, not the chair of the Joint Chiefs, not the veep. #nukewar #war https://www.stratcom.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/958532/commander/
Commander

Gen. Anthony J. Cotton is the Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base, NebraskaHe is responsible for one of 11 Unified Commands under the Department of Defense.

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Incredible history lesson building on the Oppenheimer movie: The science & politics behind both the atomic & the hydrogen bombs. Outstanding #AngryPlanet [PODCAST] episode. “The Science and Terror of Nuclear Weapons” With Joe Cirincione:

https://pca.st/episode/e4be374b-6f86-4b6d-ac63-bd253a465251

#nukes #NukeWar #history #nuclear

The Science and Terror of Nuclear Weapons - Angry Planet

Joe Cirincione is back on the podcast this week to walk us through the science of nuclear weapons and give us his preliminary thoughts on Oppenheimer.Cirincione is a national security analyst and author with over 40 years of experience. He’s been a congressional staffer, a program director, a philanthropist, an advisor the the State Department and three presidential campaigns. Now, he writes at a substack.He’s recently completed a six part series detaling the history of the nuclear world. Get started on it by clicking below.https://joecirincione.substack.com/p/history-of-the-nuclear-world-partAngry Planet has a Substack! Join to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Great @angryplanetpod [PODCAST] discussion with @stephenucs about nuclear weapons, specifics of antiquated, US nuclear weapons force structure, stalling disarmament hopes with Russia & US, China prolif & more…

https://pca.st/episode/294540db-a769-49de-9a69-4bd97f6bd1cd #military #nukewar #politics #policy

The Pentagon's Scary New Nuclear Plan - Angry Planet

Today it’s all about the bomb. Nuclear weapons are back in a big way and everything about the Cold War suddenly feels very fresh. Nukes are strange things. They’ve only been used twice and the language and knowledge around them can often feel arcane, almost religious. There’s all these little rituals in nuclear space. We’re gonna talk about one of those rituals today—the Nuclear Posture Review. Once in every U.S. presidential administration, the nuclear curtain is withdrawn and we get a glimpse at what the Pentagon, and critically, the President is thinking. But what is the Nuclear Posture Review? Who writes it? And what does it have to do with the price of gas in an apocalyptic nuclear hellscape.Here to answer some of those questions for us today is Stephen Young. Young is the Senior Washington Representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists, the former Deputy Director of the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, and consulted on this most recent review.The Nuclear Posture ReviewNuke Experts Are Horr

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