Click image to enlarge On August 18, 2026, President Trump asserted on his Truth Social site that the Strait of Hormuz is now a “new US territory.” This needs to be carefully unpacked. Contrary to the opinion of some of his -to put it mildly- detractors everywhere, this is not … Continue reading
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Mechanics of a Nuclear War
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped a uranium-based atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb, which had an explosive yield equivalent to about 15,000 tons of TNT, exploded at an altitude of about 1,900 feet and instantly killed more than 80,000 people. In 1952 Edward Teller conceived, and … Continue reading