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Month: January 2016

Jan22 0

War, nuclear weapons and the UK’s place in the world

Posted by Mark Williams

So here on Nuclear Hitchhiker we are not afraid to discuss controversial topics. But I must admit when our senior editor Mark asked me to write on nuclear disarmament I was somewhat apprehensive. This is a topic on which it is all too easy, yet all too dangerous, to sit on the fence. On the […]

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Nuclear Weapons Adam Fuller
Jan18 0

Trident – no longer relevant

Posted by Mark Williams

This month I ask, why do we need a nuclear deterrent? The debate about the need for Trident, the UK’s system of nuclear submarines and warheads, has grown particularly heated in recent months given the rise of both the SNP, who as a party have made their anti-Trident stance clear, and of Jeremy Corbyn, the new […]

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Nuclear Weapons Annie Dickinson
Jan13 0

The nuclear apocalypse or eternal peacetime?

Posted by Mark Williams

When I ask people how humanity might destroy itself – as you do – it’s usually via an all-out nuclear war. Understandable, the world has seen what damage can be done by two primitive (by today’s standards) singular nuclear warheads to large cities. Why then, do some countries possess so many nuclear warheads? And why […]

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Nuclear Weapons Mark Williams
Jan11 1

Trident – a necessary deterrent

Posted by Mark Williams

This month I ask, why do we need a nuclear deterrent? Whether or not the UK really needs a nuclear deterrent is a tricky question – one person’s necessity is another person’s extravagance. Personally, the issue has never directly caught my interest, despite its links to the main topic of my research. I’ve always felt rather […]

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Nuclear Weapons Caroline McCalman
Jan04 0

Inside Chernobyl: exploring the site of a major nuclear accident

Posted by Mark Williams

Ceri is a photographer, when he heard about our blog he got in touch about an upcoming trip to Chernobyl, this article is the product of that trip, and the views here reflect on the opinions of the tour guides and locals he met. Click an image to view as a slider and in full quality. […]

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