Category: nuclear war

Did US Weakness Provoke a Russian Nuclear Threat?

Commentary According to President Joe Biden, the “prospect of armageddon” is higher than it has been since 1962. That’s when Washington and Moscow stared each other down over the Cuban missile crisis. Sixty years later, says Biden, the two powers may again be on the verge of starting World War III. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of…


Australia and New Zealand Would Survive A Nuclear Induced Famine

If nuclear war broke out, Australia may be the best place to survive after researchers from the Queensland University of Technology analysed the impact nuclear weapon detonation would have on the global food supply, finding massive fires and soot in the atmosphere would lead to food shortages and famine. In almost all countries, livestock and…


Risk of Nuclear War With China Growing, UK Security Tsar Warns

The risk of an accidental nuclear war with China is growing as the regime expands its nuclear arsenal in disregard for international arms control mechanisms, the UK’s national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove has warned. In a virtual speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., Lovegrove said the world…


‘Nuclear Winter’ Discussed in Newly Released Reagan-Era Documents

Newly released government documents from the 1980s outline the devastation that would be wrought on the planet if nuclear superpowers go to war—which should serve as a reminder for policymakers to prioritize peace negotiations as the war in Ukraine rages on, according to Scott Horton, editorial director of Antiwar.com. Horton told The Epoch Times on…


Sen. Markey Calls for Nuclear De-escalation With Russia

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has called for the Biden administration to guarantee that it won’t engage in a first-use nuclear strike against Russia amid the escalating war in Ukraine, but officials have indicated that the United States will likely maintain its policy of “strategic ambiguity.” Markey called for the administration to announce a no first…


Putin Funds Fake Protests, Rattles Nukes

Commentary Fake protests throughout the world and threats of nuclear war—in 2022 we witness a violent echo of 1983’s Kremlin-orchestrated frauds. I’ll address the nuke threat first. On Feb. 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin played drama king and put Russian nuclear forces on high alert. His war in Ukraine already failing, Vlad added nuclear pucker…


Black Rain: What Happens to My Emergency Room in a Nuclear War

I remember visiting Hiroshima, in 1985. I went with a doctor buddy of mine. It was a strange and yet fascinating place. Our guide was a lovely Japanese woman who said her grandmother survived the blast and recounted the horrors that followed. Everything around the memorial was now built up, with only the ruins of…


Risk of Nuclear War From China and Russia Increases

News Analysis With rising global instability, caused primarily by the belligerence of the new China-Russia axis, these and other countries keep surprising America with their quest for new nuclear weapons and delivery systems, including the hypersonic variety. The chief of U.S. Strategic Command, Adm. Charles Richard, believes that China’s “breathtaking expansion” of its nuclear arsenal…


Lavrov Says He Doesn’t ‘Want to Believe’ in Nuclear War Over Ukraine

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday he does not “want to believe” the conflict in Ukraine will spiral into a nuclear war, while claiming that the West had an unhealthy fixation with the issue. Lavrov made the remarks at a press conference following Russia–Ukraine peace talks on the sidelines of a diplomatic summit in…


China-Russia Alliance an ‘Alarm Bell for the World’: Australian Defence Minister

Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton has called out Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping who he said wields the power to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine but has “chosen not to do that.” “The world stands as one to condemn the actions of President Putin—except for the Chinese government, tragically,” Dutton…