Nuclear Weapons

A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear bomb) is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first test of a fission ("atomic") bomb released an amount of energy approximately equal to 20,000 tons of TNT (84 TJ). The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released energy approximately equal to 10 million tons of TNT (42 PJ). Nuclear bombs …

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RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 26 September 2023 English

equip the navy with submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)/drones armed with tactical nuclear weapons to effectively carry out its strategic goals. [...] The assets are still unseen and hard to detect

vehicles (UUV)/drones armed with tactical nuclear weapons to effectively carry out its strategic goals


Jamestown Foundation · 22 September 2023 English

The articles consistently emphasize the line that the political security of the Communist Party of China is the foundation for the entire national edifice. [...] For instance, a post from …

PLA Rocket Force, in charge of missiles and nuclear weapons, is also undergoing a thorough purge (Voice previous experience with missiles and other nuclear weapons is unconventional. General Wang, a former deputy


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 21 September 2023 English

China supported India’s leadership in reaching a G20 consensus on the Ukraine crisis and the development priorities of the global south. [...] The leaders also pledged to “unite” in their …

reference to Russia that the “threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible”. The leaders also pledged t-use-nuclear-weapons https://www.thinkchina.sg/will-russia-act-its-threat-use-nuclear-weapons https://www


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 21 September 2023 English

It changed policy in the 1950s when it realised that continued curtailment of commercial and private uses of nuclear technologies will render them laggards in the nuclear race. [...] Lessons …

policy makers, the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons has just been paralleled by artificial intelligence For decades, the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons has not been paralleled, that is, until the recent discussions on AI often compare it with nuclear weapons. In May 2023, the Centre for AI Safety, a US-based Unfortunately, the threat of AI, relative to nuclear weapons, is stealthier. Any ordinary looking office anonymous AI-powered attack, whereas one with a nuclear-weapons capability could not even threaten to use a


Heritage Foundation · 20 September 2023 English

The United States must take the lead in working with foreign govern- ments and the private sector to augment cyber defenses and respond more forcefully to North Korean cyberattacks. [...] …

Undermine Sanctions Bruce Klingner North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles KEY TAKEAWAYS pose a direct military cyberattack capabilities threatened to use its nuclear weapons in pre-emp- pose a grave threat to international


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 20 September 2023 English

Paul Kapur and Harsh V. Pant

This gave de facto US approval for India’s nuclear weapons capability and helped to undo decades of Indian


RAND Corporation · 19 September 2023 English

Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight on September 19, 2023.

proliferation of bioweapons, cyberweapons, nuclear weapons, progressively more general intelligence,


Mackenzie Institute · 19 September 2023 English

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following commentary written by Dr. Peter Pry in December 2021, a few...


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 18 September 2023 English

the early years of the DPRK-USSR relationship, Moscow had refused to help Pyongyang develop nuclear weapons, and declined the export of Scud ballistic missiles to the latter, leading to the Kim regime

Moscow had refused to help Pyongyang develop nuclear weapons, and declined the export of Scud ballistic Technological University (NTU). His research includes nuclear weapons politics, North Korean affairs and the role


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 18 September 2023 English

Jaron Lanier, one of the pioneers of VR technology, has pointed to the dangers of VR, comparing it to Skinner’s box—for VR to work well, it will have to include …

real-world applications. Helicopters, submarines, nuclear weapons, the World Wide Web (WWW), liquid-fuelled rockets VR’s unique use for studying the impact of nuclear weapons on individuals and equipment, modelled and


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