December 1, 2013
5:29 am

A 14-kiloton atomic explosion, from a 1951 US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site (illustrative photo: US/Nevada Site Office Photo Library)

For years, US nuke code was 00000000

Precious little stood between American servicemen and a third world war, report says

By Times of Israel staff

November 3, 2013
3:21 am

A WE117B nuclear missile, developed by the UK in the 1960s (illustrative photo: CC BY Cloudsurfer_UK/Flickr)

How a war game brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster

From the web The Soviet Union came close to attacking the US and Britain with nuclear weapons in 1983, Guardian reports

April 10, 2013
11:33 pm

A North Korean soldier, center top, looks at the southern side as South Korean soldiers stand guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

No panic in N. Korea despite talk of missile test

Japan places interceptors around Tokyo; US, South Korean militaries raise level of surveillance

By Jean H. Lee

April 10, 2013
6:29 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, walks with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London in February. The two leaders are taking part in a G8 foreign ministers meeting Wednesday and Thursday, also in London. (photo credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

North Korea, Syria to dominate G8 foreign ministers summit

Syrian opposition to meet ministers on sidelines of London talks; US Senators look to China to engage Pyongyang over its recent behavior

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

April 10, 2013
1:26 am

A South Korean man, center, unloads boxes transported from North Korea's Kaesong upon arrival at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea warns nuclear war with South Korea imminent

Pyongyang urges foreign companies and tourists to leave South Korea; White House calls rhetoric ‘provocative’

By Jean H. Lee

March 7, 2013
8:35 pm

North Korea successfully tested a long-range rocket in December 2012. (screen capture:Youtube/ABCNews)

Ignoring threats, UN levels sanctions against North Korea

Move comes as US senator responds to Pyongyang’s ‘absurd’ warning of nuke attack against US, calling it ‘suicide’

March 7, 2013
12:32 pm

A screen capture from a video of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifting off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea in December. (photo credit: AP/KRT via AP Video)

Furious over sanctions, N. Korea vows to nuke US

United Nations prepares to vote on further action against Pyongyang regime and its nuclear program

January 22, 2013
7:22 pm

A sign pointing at a nuclear shelter (illustrative photo credit: CC-BY-SA un_cola/Flickr)

Kashmir residents told to prepare for nuclear war

In ‘routine’ notice, Indian officials tell those living in disputed region to build bomb shelters, stock up on food and water

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN

October 18, 2012
10:06 pm

An Iranian nuclear attack — how would it play out?

Thinking the unthinkable about Israel and Iran

By Taylor Dinerman

September 16, 2012
6:16 am

Miyake Nobuo, one of the four Hibakushas visiting Israel to promote nuclear disarmament (photo credit: Peaceboat/Israel Disarmament Movement)

Hiroshima survivors silence Israelis with personal tales of the bomb that ‘keeps killing’

A group of ‘Hibakushas’ urge worldwide disarmament, while recounting the 1945 nuclear blast’s blood, horror, and devastation

By Michal Shmulovich

August 5, 2012
10:44 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (photo credit: Kamran Jebreili/AP)

Netanyahu said to have told closed meeting: Khamenei is not a rational leader

PM also quoted as saying Iran ‘means it when it talks of destroying Israel,’ and ‘there’s no defense against a nuclear hit’

By Greg Tepper

Topic: nuclear war