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Weapons of mass destruction

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Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are weapons whose destructive capacity far exceeds that of conventional weaponry. Modern WMDs are nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, which are frequently referred to collectively as NBC weapons.

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MichaelA1 May 2023 15:04 UTC
34 points
0 comments11 min readEA link
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Tech­nolog­i­cal de­vel­op­ments that could in­crease risks from nu­clear weapons: A shal­low review

MichaelA9 Feb 2023 15:41 UTC
79 points
3 comments5 min readEA link
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“A Creepy Feel­ing”: Nixon’s De­ci­sion to Disavow Biolog­i­cal Weapons

ThomasW30 Sep 2022 15:17 UTC
48 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

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NunoSempere3 Oct 2022 18:10 UTC
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52 comments16 min readEA link

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Vasco Grilo25 Jan 2024 7:56 UTC
67 points
29 comments18 min readEA link

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djbinder12 May 2022 21:28 UTC
137 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

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Luisa_Rodriguez24 Dec 2020 22:10 UTC
287 points
37 comments50 min readEA link

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SWK1 Dec 2022 5:30 UTC
35 points
14 comments5 min readEA link

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JMonty18 Jul 2023 1:47 UTC
19 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(www.nytimes.com)

Re­search pro­ject idea: Cli­mate, agri­cul­tural, and famine effects of nu­clear conflict

MichaelA15 Apr 2023 14:35 UTC
17 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Re­search pro­ject idea: Tech­nolog­i­cal de­vel­op­ments that could in­crease risks from nu­clear weapons

MichaelA15 Apr 2023 14:28 UTC
16 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Re­search pro­ject idea: In­ter­me­di­ate goals for nu­clear risk reduction

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24 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

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freedomandutility15 Apr 2023 22:19 UTC
9 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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Maynk0224 Oct 2023 18:45 UTC
6 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

III. Run­ning its course

Maynk024 Nov 2023 19:31 UTC
6 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

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Swimmer30 Oct 2021 1:23 UTC
17 points
0 comments32 min readEA link

In­tro to the book: An­i­mal Weapons by Dou­glas Em­len.

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7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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Maynk0227 Feb 2024 23:10 UTC
7 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

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11 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

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103 points
13 comments11 min readEA link

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MMMaas27 Jun 2022 10:35 UTC
40 points
0 comments54 min readEA link

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