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NUCLEAR DETERRENCE AND NUCLEAR INTIMIDATION IN RUSSIA’S POLICY
Стратегічна панорама, 2022 Nuclear weapons play a key role in Russia’s security thinking. Concepts of the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons by the Russian Federation include both doctrinally defined nuclear deterrence and doctrinally indefinite nuclear intimidation.
Oleksii Izhak
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Vulcan Survivability in Nuclear War
Air and Space Power Review, 2023 Post the Royal Air Force’s nuclear deterrent role, and the end of Britain’s V-bomber force, several academic papers have questioned the ability of the V-force to survive long enough over the Soviet Union to release its nuclear weapons onto its Supreme ...
Julian Grenfell
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Scientia Militaria, 2012 Over the last twenty years increased attention has been focused on the military uses of Bacterial, Biological and Chemical agents (BBC weapons). This phenomenon can be attributed to a number of reasons.
A.L.S. Hudson
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Hypersonic weapons and the future of nuclear deterrence
Scientia Militaria, 2021 It is widely accepted today that hypersonic weapons pose insurmountable challengesto nuclear deterrence. Although speed has always been a critical factor in warfare, thedevelopment of hypersonics provides unprecedented advantages in terms of the speedand
Coetzee, Eben
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Photographed by the Earth: War and media in light of nuclear events
NECSUS, 2014 This article charts a media historical relation between radiation and celluloid film, ranging from the downwind 1956 production of The Conqueror to early scientific imaging practices, war photography, war documentaries, military industrial film, and ...
Thomas Pringle
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NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH A PACIFIC NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
Revista Tempo do Mundo, 2023 The purpose of this article is to analyze the implementation of nuclear energy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a complementary source to oil and natural gas to ensure its energy security while questioning the peaceful nature of its ...
André Figueiredo Nunes
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Nuclear-armed submarines in Indo-Pacific Asia: stabiliser or menace? [PDF]
, 2015 This report examines the implications of sea-based nuclear weapons for strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific. This paper is part of a wider research and outreach project on nuclear stability in a changing Indo-Pacific Asia, supported by a grant from ...
Brendan Thomas-Noone, Rory Medcalf
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The pholidota‐inspired electronic skin is successfully constructed, originally realized four‐state reversible switching of terahertz‐wave reflection, absorption, transmission, and secondary reflection. In response to external demands, it issues deformation instructions, verifies the deformation state after the equipment executes the action, and thus ...
Shangjing Li +4 more
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Challenges, 2022 New risk geographies are emerging with war and conflict resurfacing, including nuclear threats. This poses challenges to civil protection for conducting risk-informed preparedness planning.
Alexander Fekete
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