‘Threads’ Is One of the Most Horrifying Films I’ve Ever Seen

This BBC docudrama about nuclear war…

The Atomic Bazooka Was a Bad Idea

The Davy Crockett nuclear launcher would’ve blown up the bad guys …

Where Los Angeles and Other American Cities Used to Store Their Nuclear Missiles

There’s a scene in…

How the U.S. Air Force Snooped on French Nuke Blasts

Special tanker planes recorded Pacific tests

The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Monster Nuke

But it was far too big to ever be a practical weapon

How Not to Write About Atomic War

Robert Heinlein’s ‘Farnham’s Freehold’ is a nuclear disaster

During the 1950s, the Pentagon Played War Games With Troops and Nukes

Years of tests tried to discover…

No, Iran Can’t Trigger a Nuclear Tsunami That Wipes Out Israel

Militaries have tried—and failed—to…

Ask Ethan: How can we know if North Korea is testing nuclear bombs?

Pyongyang says they’ve detonated a…