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Military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry
Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are
Nuclear_warfare
Attacks using radioactive material with intent of contamination of an area
radiological weapons, although they have been used for assassination. Nuclear warfare, both via fission and fusion weapons, creates radioisotopes in the
Radiological_warfare
Weapon that can kill many people or cause great damage
to large-scale weaponry of warfare-related technologies, primarily biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear warfare. Protective measures against
Weapon_of_mass_destruction
Scenario of civilization collapse or human extinction by nuclear weapons
large parts of the Earth becoming uninhabitable due to the effects of nuclear warfare, potentially causing the collapse of civilization, the extinction of
Nuclear_holocaust
War between two states in open confrontation
not chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons. The general purpose of conventional warfare is to weaken or destroy the opponent's military
Conventional_warfare
Using poison gas or other toxins in war
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological
Chemical_warfare
Nuclear weapon designed for use on a battlefield
A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon (NSNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations
Tactical_nuclear_weapon
of matter. Nuclear warfare is widely considered a global catastrophic risk. Nine sovereign states are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons as
Nuclear_weapon
Military strategy
leadership or command and control of a hostile government or group. In nuclear warfare theory, a decapitation strike is a pre-emptive first strike attack
Decapitation (military strategy)
Decapitation_(military_strategy)
Contemporary warfare as contrasted with previous methods
biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare. It can describe asymmetric warfare, involving violent non-state actors, guerilla warfare, low-intensity conflict
Modern_warfare
Preemptive attack using nuclear weapons
In nuclear strategy, a first strike or preemptive strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is an attacking
First strike (nuclear strategy)
First_strike_(nuclear_strategy)
Mass produced weapons on a grand scale
Industrial warfare is a period in the history of warfare ranging roughly from the early 19th century and the start of the Industrial Revolution to the
Industrial_warfare
Aspect of Japan's military history
Japan conducted a nuclear weapons program which did not progress past laboratory experiments. The US covered up Japan's biological warfare, and the Japanese
Japan and weapons of mass destruction
Japan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Hypothetical climatic effect of nuclear war
RNEP, specifically cited by the influential nuclear warfare analyst Albert Wohlstetter. Tactical nuclear weapons, on the low end of the scale have yields
Nuclear_winter
Anti–nuclear power organization
and the public about the medical and environmental consequences of nuclear warfare. For this effort, which united physicians across the Cold War divide
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
International_Physicians_for_the_Prevention_of_Nuclear_War
Naval warfare conducted by submarines
countermeasures. Submarine warfare consists primarily of diesel and nuclear submarines using torpedoes, missiles or nuclear weapons, as well as advanced
Submarine_warfare
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
in warfare. A Fat Man device was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. It was the second and larger of the only two nuclear weapons
Fat_Man
List of incidents which could have led to a nuclear exchange
A nuclear close call is an incident that might have led to at least one nuclear explosion, but did not. They can be split into intentional use and unintentional
Nuclear_close_calls
Topics referred to by the same term
may also refer to: Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapon Strategic nuclear weapon Tactical nuclear weapon A hyperbole by analogy to nuclear weapons, referring
Nuclear option (disambiguation)
Nuclear_option_(disambiguation)
Academic and policy-relevant field on problems in the nuclear weapons and energy complex
Nuclear ethics is a cross-disciplinary field of academic and policy-relevant study in which the problems associated with nuclear warfare, nuclear deterrence
Nuclear_ethics
possess nuclear weapons, though only eight formally acknowledge possessing them. In order of first successful nuclear test, the world's nine nuclear-armed
List of states with nuclear weapons
List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
Use of strategically designed biological weapons
Biological warfare is distinct from warfare involving other types of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including nuclear warfare, chemical warfare, and radiological
Biological_warfare
2024 book by Annie Jacobsen
of nuclear catastrophe through eyewitness accounts. Next is historian William L. Shirer who offered not only a stark assessment of future warfare in the
Nuclear_War:_A_Scenario
Intense armed conflict
transportation). Nuclear warfare is warfare in which nuclear weapons are the primary, or a major, method of achieving capitulation. Radiological warfare is any
War
Research project in Nazi Germany
undertook several research programs relating to nuclear technology, including nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, before and during World War II. These
German nuclear program during World War II
German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II
Nuclear weapons used on strategic targets outside of battlefields
A strategic nuclear weapon (SNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on targets often in settled territory far from the battlefield as part
Strategic_nuclear_weapon
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a multilateral
List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons
System for detecting submarines
antisubmarine warfare. They are of particular importance in nuclear deterrence, as they directly undermine one of the three arms of the nuclear triad by making
Submarine_detection_system
Protective measures against hazardous materials warfare
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of
CBRN_defense
of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As of 2025[update], the stockpile country's nuclear forces, the Force
France and weapons of mass destruction
France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Doctrines and plans for production and use of atomic weapons
Nuclear strategy involves the development of doctrines and strategies for the production and use of nuclear weapons. As a sub-branch of military strategy
Nuclear_strategy
Combat that takes place in outer space
electronic space warfare, the so-called Starfish Prime test, took place in 1962 when the United States exploded a ground-launched nuclear weapon in space
Space_warfare
Doctrine of military strategy
course to avoid nuclear warfare. A study published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution in 2009 quantitatively evaluated the nuclear peace hypothesis
Mutually_assured_destruction
Topics referred to by the same term
power Nuclear reactor Nuclear weapon Nuclear medicine Radiation therapy Nuclear warfare Nuclear space Nuclear operator Nuclear congruence Nuclear C*-algebra
Nuclear
Spread of nuclear weapons
and without nuclear weapons, as governments fear that more countries with nuclear weapons will increase the possibility of nuclear warfare (including the
Nuclear_proliferation
Concept of conventional warfare escalating to nuclear warfare
by the United States) would likely escalate from conventional warfare to nuclear warfare. As most of Europe was involved in either NATO or the Warsaw Pact
Nuclear_escalation
tank developed a nuclear warfare strategy that was eventually called Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). MAD divided potential nuclear war into two stages:
History_of_nuclear_weapons
Use of nuclear technology to exert imperial dominance
Crisis. Nuclear blackmail Korean War § U.S. threat of atomic warfare Nuclear close calls Castle Bravo Human radiation experiments Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear_imperialism
Group of two parents and their children
Types of marriages Any similarity to the terminology of nuclear warfare, nuclear power, nuclear fission etc. is therefore coincidental, even in spite of
Nuclear_family
Russian eschatological political concept
Nuclear Orthodoxy (Russian: атомное православие, romanized: atomnoye pravoslaviye), also sometimes referred to as Atomic Orthodoxy, is a Russian eschatological
Nuclear_Orthodoxy
A high-alert nuclear weapon commonly refers to a launch-ready ballistic missile that is armed with a nuclear warhead whose launch can be ordered (through
High-alert_nuclear_weapon
of Nuclear War is a 1978 book commissioned by the United States Office of Technology Assessment to support civilian preparation for nuclear warfare. The
The_Effects_of_Nuclear_War
2022 televised broadcast by Vladimir Putin
a possible response to intervention in the conflict as a threat to use nuclear weapons. On 27 February, Putin ordered the Minister of Defense to put the
Vladimir Putin speech on invading Ukraine
Vladimir_Putin_speech_on_invading_Ukraine
In relation to nuclear warfare, nuclear fratricide denotes the inadvertent destruction of nuclear warheads or their delivery systems by detonations from
Nuclear_fratricide
Preserved ruins of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
state of preserved ruin as a reminder of the destructive effects of nuclear warfare. The Product Exhibition Hall building was originally designed by Czech
Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial
Earth-penetrating nuclear weapon
nuclear bunker buster, also known as an earth-penetrating weapon (EPW), is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional bunker buster. The non-nuclear component
Nuclear_bunker_buster
Science fiction film by Scott Derrickson
degradation; this version replaces the Cold War–era theme of potential nuclear warfare with the contemporary issue of negative human impact on the environment
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)
The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(2008_film)
Three fictional superstates in the novel 1984 by George Orwell
to advance social control. The nations appear to have emerged from nuclear warfare and civil dissolution over 20 years between 1945 and 1965, in a post-war
Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Political_geography_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons
atomic weapons Nuclear terrorism – Terrorism involving nuclear material or weapons Nuclear warfare – Military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry Peace
Deterrence_theory
including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons under the apartheid government. South Africa is one of the ten states to ever acquire a nuclear weapons
South Africa and weapons of mass destruction
South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War. Charles K. Wolfe; James E. Akenson (2015)
List of songs about nuclear war
List_of_songs_about_nuclear_war
Hypothetical future global conflict
the world, with scenarios ranging from conventional warfare to limited or total nuclear warfare. The certainty of escalation from one stage to the next
World_War_III
Fear of nuclear war
inclined to report anxiety and more inclined to deny the threats of nuclear warfare than women, potentially due to machismo according to the author. Women
Nuclear_anxiety
United States Air Force general
early days of the US Air Force, he was a renowned expert in tactical nuclear warfare, NATO, and military long range planning. He is known for ordering the
Robert_C._Richardson_III
Part of the post-WWII era and the Cold War
The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective
Nuclear_arms_race
was the seventh country to develop nuclear weapons. As of 2026[update], India is estimated to possess 190 nuclear weapons. India previously developed
India and weapons of mass destruction
India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Period of history since 1945
entering into the nuclear power era also entailed frightful implications of nuclear warfare, the Cold War, mutual assured destruction, nuclear proliferation
Atomic_Age
Chinese underground nuclear weapons plant
Fallout Shelter Underground City (Beijing) Nuclear warfare Nuclear deterrent Nuclear strategy "Former nuclear plant opening as tourist attraction". China
816_Nuclear_Military_Plant
British consultant
nuclear weapons and explosives). He has been editor of several journals on defence and security, including Chemical, Biological & Nuclear Warfare (CBNW)
Andy_Oppenheimer
1991, the world's largest stockpiles of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. It carried out its first nuclear test in 1949 and its first multi-stage
Soviet Union and weapons of mass destruction
Soviet_Union_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Alert posture used by the United States Armed Forces
military situations, with DEFCON 1 signaling the impending outbreak of nuclear warfare. For security reasons, the U.S. military does not announce a DEFCON
DEFCON
Novel and video game franchise
within Russia and elsewhere in a world ravaged by global biological and nuclear warfare. A first-person shooter video game titled Metro 2033 was created for
Metro_(franchise)
Model of conflict for two players in game theory
game has also been used to describe the mutual assured destruction of nuclear warfare, especially the sort of brinkmanship involved in the Cuban Missile
Chicken_(game)
Head of Chechen Republic since 2007
a strong government and are a nuclear state." He added, "Even if our government was completely destroyed, our nuclear missiles would be automatically
Ramzan_Kadyrov
Legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons
Uninterrupted communications network during nuclear war
trans-, and post-nuclear warfare environment. At minimum, MEECN is designed to provide a one-way flow of information to activate nuclear forces during severe
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network
Minimum_Essential_Emergency_Communications_Network
Peace due to nuclear deterrence
the possession of nuclear arms by several of the world's larger powers has tended to act to prevent the outbreak of full-scale warfare between any of these
Pax_Atomica
Japanese survivor of Hiroshima
but its current status is uncertain. Eizo Nomura was concerned about nuclear arms and the future. He stated, “In a future world war, it will be difficult
Eizo Nomura (Hiroshima survivor)
Eizo_Nomura_(Hiroshima_survivor)
The United States has stationed nuclear weapons in Germany since 1955, currently numbering 10 to 15 tactical nuclear gravity bombs. Germany is not believed
Germany and weapons of mass destruction
Germany_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Since their first use in warfare in August 1945, nuclear weapons and their potential effects have been a recurring motif in popular culture, to the extent
Nuclear weapons in popular culture
Nuclear_weapons_in_popular_culture
Declassified nuclear weapons effects data map software
nuclear weapons. It was created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear
Nukemap
1979 book by Cresson Kearny
Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS, by Cresson Kearny, is a civil defense manual. It contains information gleaned from research performed at Oak Ridge
Nuclear_War_Survival_Skills
Act of eliminating nuclear weapons
Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons. Its end state can also be a nuclear-weapons-free world, in which nuclear weapons
Nuclear_disarmament
Residual radioactive material following a nuclear blast
Nuclear fallout is residual radioisotope material that is created by the reactions producing a nuclear explosion. It is initially present in the radioactive
Nuclear_fallout
Nuclear strategy
warning, is a strategy of nuclear weapon retaliation where a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of enemy nuclear attack and while its missiles
Launch_on_warning
Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear
Nuclear_weapons_testing
Nuclear combat readiness state
describe nuclear-armed missiles. Prompt-launch, colloquially known as "hair trigger alert", is a state of combat readiness during which nuclear-armed missiles
Prompt_launch
Possible famine caused by nuclear war
Nuclear famine is a hypothesized famine considered a potential threat following global or regional nuclear exchange. It is thought that even subtle cooling
Nuclear_famine
British organisation advocating unilateral nuclear disarmament
has done with it, that she proposes to reject, in all circumstances, nuclear warfare. The article prompted many letters of support and at the end of the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament
9th episode of the 4th season of The Americans
assignment. Everyone watches The Day After, which explores the effects of a nuclear warfare. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated
The_Day_After_(The_Americans)
2007 video game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the fourth main installment
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare
1980 British civil defence exercise
conventional warfare elements such as troop mobilisation, much of the exercise involved a mock nuclear attack on Britain; the exercise scenario of 150 nuclear weapons
Square_Leg
Method of emergency broadcasting in the United States
23, 2017, at around 8:55 p.m. EDT, a Nuclear Power Plant Warning was issued for the Hope Creek and Salem Nuclear Power Plants. The alert was issued for
Emergency_Alert_System
biological warfare subcommittee were scaled back soon after, as Prime Minister Robert Menzies was more interested in trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
Australia and weapons of mass destruction
Australia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
2004 video game
home video game consoles. Set in a future that has been decimated by nuclear warfare, the player controls an initiate of the Brotherhood of Steel, a militant
Fallout:_Brotherhood_of_Steel
1960s proposal of nuclear-armed NATO warships
War while allowing NATO members besides the U.S. to play a role in nuclear warfare. The proposal was floated by the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations
Multilateral_Force
Underground structure for launching missiles
facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for
Missile_launch_facility
Conflict between communist blocs
feared that Mao was unconcerned about the drastic consequences of nuclear warfare. In 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced Joseph Stalin and
Sino-Soviet_split
American civil defense expert
outbreak of nuclear warfare. In 1982, he attracted wide attention for his comment to Robert Scheer that America could survive a nuclear war "if there
T._K._Jones
1985 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa
opinions on nuclear warfare. According to Michael Wilmington, Kurosawa told him that much of the film was a metaphor for nuclear warfare and the anxiety
Ran_(film)
intentional, unlike in nuclear warfare. This list may be incomplete due to military secrecy. Nuclear technology portal 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
List of military nuclear accidents
List_of_military_nuclear_accidents
2026 video game
abandoned technologies and weapons following a nuclear reactor meltdown. Development on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is led by Infinity Ward with assistance
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_4
Nuclear warfare strategy
to be a provocative, if not overtly hostile measure at a time when nuclear warfare seemed to be a distinct possibility. Ultimately, the U.S. House of
Dense_Pack
1951–1953 Korean War training operation
Operation Hudson Harbor was a United States Air Force Nuclear Strike training operation against North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union during the Korean
Operation_Hudson_Harbor
2020 video game
published by Slitherine Software in 2020. The game allows players to weigh nuclear warfare by researching technologies, building stockpiles, and launching attacks
ICBM_(video_game)
Device that uses chemicals to kill or harm individuals
Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and biological
Chemical_weapon
Philosophy opposing modern technology
technology to solve current problems, such as environmental degradation, nuclear warfare and biological weapons, without creating more, potentially dangerous
Neo-Luddism
Federation possesses the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, consisting of 5,420 nuclear warheads, of which 1,794 have been deployed. It also
Russia and weapons of mass destruction
Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Global conflict (1939–1945)
nearly every aspect of naval warfare, most notably with aircraft carriers and submarines. Although aeronautical warfare had relatively little success
World_War_II
Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare
On 26 September 1983, during the Cold War, the Soviet nuclear early warning system Oko reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
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