Tag Archives: nuclear weapons

Nuclear Testing Again?

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Paul Deaton

There is no acceptable rationale for the United States to conduct more nuclear weapons testing. I was surprised when I heard the president took to Truth Social on Oct. 30, to post he had “instructed the Department of War to … Continue reading →

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Today’s Nuclear Times

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Paul Deaton

I remember watching one of the Soviet Sputnik satellites flying over the back yard of our Iowa home. Besides launching a “space race” between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Sputnik heightened tensions between the two … Continue reading →

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Medical Journals Call For Nuclear Abolition

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Paul Deaton

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War issued the following press release on Aug. 2, 2023. Medical Journals Issue Urgent Call for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons More than 100 medical journals, including the Lancet, the British Medical Journal, the … Continue reading →

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Cranes For Our Future

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Paul Deaton

Friday was the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Monday is the anniversary of Nagasaki. The world little realized the devastation caused by President Harry Truman’s decision to detonate those bombs. In response to the anniversary, the … Continue reading →

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Reality Check: The 1945 Atomic Bombings

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Paul Deaton

Seventy-five years ago, the nuclear age began with the world’s first nuclear weapons test explosion in the New Mexico desert. In this annotated “silent film”-style video essay from the Arms Control Association, we learn about the events that transpired three … Continue reading →

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Trinity 75 Years Later

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Paul Deaton

Trinity was the code name for the first nuclear bomb detonation 75 years ago today. The test explosion was conducted by the U.S. Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. It took place … Continue reading →

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Tulsi Gabbard The Anti-War Anti-Nuke Candidate For President

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Trish Nelson

NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate  June 26 and 27. This is the fifteenth in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for president … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Weapons Must Be Eliminated

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Paul Deaton

I’m mad about nuclear weapons spending. The Trump administration plans to spend far more than President Obama on the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Depending on time frame, the administration will see Obama’s trillion dollars and raise it another half trillion. … Continue reading →

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Break In At A Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Yesterday, a group of peace activists gained access to a site on a German Air Force Base where 20 U.S. nuclear weapons are stored. “The peace activists cut through razor wire and some other fences and several made it to … Continue reading →

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Why Stop Denuclearization at North Korea?

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Paul Deaton

(From Physicians for Social Responsibility which has a small but vocal footprint in Iowa). Responding to citizens everywhere who yearn for peace, political leaders in South Korea, North Korea, China and the United States staged a flurry of diplomatic activity … Continue reading →

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