March 23rd marked the 30th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s infamous “Star Wars” speech, which launched the United States on a new round of the long effort to build a unilateral technological defence against the threat posed by nuclear weapons. Thirty years and some $200 billion later, that dream remains just as unrealistic now as it […]
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a time when the world was on the brink of nuclear war. Has the threat of nuclear war diminished since 1962?