Why scientists still can’t figure out how to intercept nuclear missiles

Photo caption: Three generations of NIke air defense missiles showing, L-R Ajax (1953), Hercules (1958), and Zeus (1960), late 1960s or early 1970s. The Hercules & Zeus had nuclear warhead carrying capabilities. Photo credit: Adam Glickman / Underwood Archives / Getty Images. Article by Nicole Karlis. Salon – March 3, 2022.

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the specter of nuclear war looms in the mind of the public in a manner unseen since the Cold War.

Indeed, as the international community slaps Russia with an array of restrictions and sanctions, it’s hard to not jump to a worst-case nuclear scenario — particularly given that Russia commands the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. More alarmingly, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently put Russia’s deterrence forces on high alert, which includes nuclear arms. […]

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