Just as the world was reeling from the Cuban missile crisis when it had come closer than ever to a nuclear conflict between the US and Soviet union, both the US and the Soviets launched high altitude nuclear tests at the edge of space, one of 9 such tests within …
SLAM – America’s Big Stick & Doomsday Weapon
During the height of the cold war hysteria in the 1950’s, SAC or the Strategic Air Command, America’s nuclear strike force was looking at the next generation of nuclear delivery systems. Bombers were the backbone of SAC but were slow and vulnerable to the Soviet air defences, ICBM’s were still …
What Happened to the Nuclear Test Sites?
Since the formation of the united states, its mainland has never been invaded or had any major attack, by that I mean no major mechanised attack like that which happened in Europe but there are places there which have had more nuclear explosions than anywhere else on earth. Of the …
Electromagnetic Railguns – The U.S Military’s future Superguns – 200 mile range Mach 7 projectiles
‘Velocitas Eradico’– sounds like the sort of thing Harry Potter would say when fighting Voldemort, which would be quite apt as the translation of ‘Velocitas Eradico’ is “quickly get rid” or in the vernacular ‘Speed Kills’ and is the motto for the no less futuristic US Navy Electromagnetic Railgun project. …
Did Reagan’s Real Star Wars Bankrupt the Soviet Union ?
In the 1980’s science fact and science fiction looked as if they might become one when the American President Ronald Reagan announced the ‘Strategic Defence Initiative’ or ‘Star Wars’ missile defence system. The program was designed to break the nuclear deadlock between the US and Soviets and move beyond the …
How can you stop a Nuclear Missile ?
When I was growing up in England in the 1970’s and though the 1980’s in particular, there was an almost palpable fear that a nuclear exchange could break out between the superpowers at almost any time. It caused me and many others around at the time to wonder was there …
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