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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Fraser Institute · 14 March 2024 English

Governments are implementing measures to electrify transportation. In Canada, federal policy mandates that by 2035 all new passenger vehicles and light trucks sold have net zero emissions, ultimately leading to …

Cornelis van Kooten fraserinstitute.org with nuclear weapons, the problem of nuclear waste, and its potentially


Mackenzie Institute · 26 February 2024 English

Amid reports that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space, Sky News speaks...

reports that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space, Sky News speaks...


CCA: Council of Canadian Academies · 12 February 2024 English

The role of the peer review monitor is to ensure that the panel gives full and fair consideration to the submissions of the peer reviewers. [...] Recognizing the opportunities and …

that began to address the threat posed by nuclear weapons — is an earlier iteration that continues to


Wilson Center Canada · 17 January 2024 English

‘On the Decision to Introduce Martial Law in Poland in 1981’ Two Historians Report to the Commission on Constitutional Oversight of the SEJM of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Paczkowski …

Efforts to Acquire Nuclear Technology and Nuclear Weapons Evidence from Russian and Hungarian Archives


CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English

One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …

Furthermore, NATO’s intention to use tactical nuclear weapons if necessary to blunt the Warsaw Pact’s numerical of where the Russian threshold of employing nuclear weapons lies, it’s fair to assume that the Western superpower patron, and they unofficially possess nuclear weapons. Geographically larger states often have more world. The first factor was the advent of nuclear weapons. Conventional warfare between the great powers


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 January 2024 English

military’s goals, force structure, strategies, or operational approaches.3 The invention of nuclear weapons revolutionized the U.S. military during the late 1940s and 1950s. The resulting innovation led Today’s threat environment is arguably the most disruptive it has been since the emergence of nuclear weapons in the early Cold War era. The United States is currently considering a new “Offset Strategy”

operational approaches.3 The invention of nuclear weapons revolutionized the U.S. military during the disruptive it has been since the emergence of nuclear weapons in the early Cold War era. The United States


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 January 2024 English

The Korean Peninsula’s security environment is precarious. Tension is rising from North Korea’s provocations, while the administration of South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol stands firm that the Republic of Korea …

is irreversible and the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons is an option if any of five conditions are lowered the nuclear threshold, as they specify nuclear weapons can be used regardless of whether the opponent’s to be imminent. Thus, the barriers to using nuclear weapons are considerably lower than a retaliatory second-strike Korea meets its conditions for the use of nuclear weapons. These remarks, alluding to pre-emptive strikes identifies the advancement of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction


AECL: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited · 21 December 2023 English

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CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 12 December 2023 English

The role of financial Erika Shaker and Jon Milton / 31 The opinions expressed in institutions Beware of rent control bullying the Monitor are those of the authors and do …

confirms that I am supporting a Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. M A legacy gift is a charitable donation that


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 30 November 2023 English

confrontation risked escalation to the rise to it, expand its scope and result in hidden use of nuclear weapons (Stoker and Whiteside harms. [...] And more states are calls the persistent belief in the separateness

expand its scope and result in hidden use of nuclear weapons (Stoker and Whiteside harms. The analysis flows States and Russia claim to be willing to use nuclear weapons in response Data is also vulnerable and fragile legal or acceptable uses free the world of nuclear weapons (Weinraub 1986). of space. Two additional qualities consensus 8 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968, outcome, other worthy suggestions


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