Rajat Narang

The Fire of the Gods: Oppenheimer's Legacy - The Declassified, Real History of Nuclear Weapons & the Atomic Age - Part II - The Dangerous Years - The Looming Specter of Nuclear Holocaust (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Part 2 of the series analyses as to how; after the transition from nuclear to the thermonuclear weapons for mankind, within less than a decade of the onset of the Atomic Age; the focus across superpowers shifted towards miniaturization of nuclear warheads and development of novel and difficult to detect & track strategic nuclear delivery vehicles (SNDVs), which witnessed the emergence of ICBMs and SLBMs, after nuclear-tipped torpedoes, thereby, further increasing the risks of nuclear warfare & holocaust manifold while simultaneously also reducing the reaction times considerably. The same was underscored by the 1962's Cuba Missile Crisis with the world nearly reaching an almost nuclear apocalypse moment with the end of civilization being just seconds away. The recently declassified documents unravel as to how dangerously close the world had come to the verge of that with the Soviet submarines having almost pulled the launch trigger of their nuclear-tipped T-5 torpedoes targeted at the U.S. Navy ships. However, it paved the way for realization of the need for de-escalation, mutual cooperation and multiple treaties to check dangerous nuclear escalations, atmospheric testing & further proliferation. Further, high-altitude nuclear detonations by both sides in 1961 & 1962 led to the realization of the phenomenon of Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (NEMP), the Christofilos Effect & the resulting Electromagnetic Shields and their potential military utilization & implications. The detonation of a nuclear weapon by China, a developing nation, in 1964 marked the further proliferation of nuclear weapons beyond West and onset of the nuclear weapons age in Asia, further underscoring the need to check nuclear proliferation which ultimately led to the creation of the NPT regime. However, unabated development of nuclear weapons and delivery systems across both superpowers had ensured, by the end of the highly dangerous decade of 1960s, that 6,500 megatons-worth of thermonuclear warheads were deployed atop ICBMs and SLBMs by the two superpowers, capable of annihilating each other, as well as Earth, many times over in just a matter of minutes...the critical minutes to midnight which were critical and were to make the ultimate difference and decision between the continued sustenance of life and the end of civilization on Planet Earth forever...In hindsight, it's purely a miracle that the mankind survived that hanging Nuclear Sword of Damocles over mankind for decades..

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rajat Narang
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798223629344
• Artikelnr.: 69704462

Autorenporträt

Rajat Narang is the Co-Founder and Partner of a niche Research Firm pivoted on the Global Aerospace & Defense Industry for over a decade now apart from being a serial Author and active Podcaster.

He has authored over 2000+ syndicated research reports (across industries & sectors) and has authored around 8 books on Commercial & Military Aviation and Leadership. The end users of his reports have been senior executives of leading Commercial & Military Aviation OEMs led by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Gulfstream, Dassault, Textron Aviation and their supplier base, including, engine OEMs and T1 suppliers such as GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Safran & Spirit Aerosystems. His reports have also been leveraged by the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) on the defense side of A&D.

His educational background includes a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in International Business with Business Strategy as the core pivot followed by a Masters in Political Science with specialization in International Relations.

His podcasts "Birds of Fray: Top Gun Maverick" and "M.S. Dhoni: Leadership Masterclass from the Master of the Craft" are available on most leading global platforms, including, Amazon Music, Spotify and Apple & Google Podcasts and have a substantial following.

Bitten early by the A&D, Strategy & Leadership bugs while growing up, he has been actively following, tracking & pursuing them for almost 2 decades now.