Nuclear warfare

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 million people. Millions died as a result of massacres, starvation, disease, and genocides, including the Holocaust. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

World War III, also known as the Third World War, is a hypothetical future global conflict subsequent to World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). It is widely predicted that such a war would involve all of the great powers, like its two predecessors, and the use of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction, thereby surpassing all prior conflicts in scale, devastation, and loss of life.

conflict or strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent

hypothetical climatic effect of nuclear war

symbol which represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe

officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)

doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender

burst of electromagnetic energy

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military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons

NATO command post exercise in 1983

underground structure for the storage and launching of ballistic missiles

period of history (1945–)

period after the conclusion of World War II

enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout

nuclear weapon designed to be used on targets as part of a strategic plan

nationwide missile defense program of the United States

history of the development of nuclear weapons

type of conventional high-explosive bomb ballistic simulator

numbered air force of the United States Air Force responsible for strategic missile forces

development of doctrines and strategies for the production and use of nuclear weapons

Military doctrine focusing on using more force in retaliation to an attack

military operation

idea that military power can help preserve peace

US Air Force unit tasked with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

U.S. radio/TV system for public alerts of threats to public safety since 1997

thumb|upright=1.6|Bockscar, a Silverplate [[B-29 Superfortress of the 509th Composite Group, dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki ]]

1982 film by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty

experimental aircraft series by Boeing

1980s Soviet military intelligence program

false public emergency alert incident in 2018

peace due to nuclear deterrence

bombing technique

nuclear strategy in which a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of incoming nuclear missiles

weapon type

Russian eschatological and political concept that Russia must build up its nuclear arsenal to prepare for the Second Coming

thumb|Urakami Tenshudo (Catholic Church in Nagasaki) destroyed by the atomic bomb, the roof of one of two bell towers toppled down

Nukemap (stylised in all caps) is web application used to visualize the effects of nuclear weapons. It was created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear weapons. It uses declassified nuclear weapons effects data and an interactive mapping API to represent the effects of a nuclear detonation: blast, thermal radiation, ionizing radiation, and nuclear fallout, among others, and can model weapons with different explosive yields, heights of burst, and fission fractions. It can also provide estimates for the casualties o

academic and policy-relevant field on problems associated with the nuclear weapons and energy complex

suggested method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion

American command and control center

1969 secret U.S. nuclear alert operation

1979 non-fiction work by Cresson Kearny

Soviet ICBM

situations in which serious nuclear damage or worse might have occurred if the situation developed in a worse direction

book by Annie Jacobsen

theory of international relations