The U.S. ended all underground nuclear tests in the early 1990s in the lead-up to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, conducting its last explosive nuclear test in September 1992. That test was the 1054th announced full-scale nuclear test performed by the United States. In this webinar, Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Historian Alan B. Carr
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In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Webinars – Understanding and Responding to Biological Threats
In recent years, terrorist propaganda campaigns have published materials that extol the merits of attacking the United States and its allies through the use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosive weapons. Further, numerous terrorist groups have attempted to develop CBRN weapons and some have employed them through a variety
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HDIAC Webinars – Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 – 1992
Join HDIAC Thursday, February 18, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "Introduction to U.S. Nuclear Testing: 1945 - 1992." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF59D680834631 The U.S. ended all underground nuclear tests in the early 1990s in the lead-up to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
HDIAC Webinars – Understanding and Responding to Biological Threats
Join HDIAC Thursday, February 4, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "Understanding and Responding to Biological Threats." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E050DB83874B31 In recent years, terrorist propaganda campaigns have published materials that extol the merits of attacking the United
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/understanding-and-responding-to-biological-threats/
In Case You Missed It: HDIAC Podcast – Critical Infrastructure Resilience – Parts 1 and 2
Critical infrastructure (CI) is not only essential for the successful functioning of governance and society, it is a critical element to homeland defense and security. A power grid functioning at full capacity, an operational and expansive communication network, a streamlined and efficient transportation system, and water infrastructure delivering clean and
HDIAC Webinars – Energy Security
Join HDIAC Thursday, January 21, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "Energy Security." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF58D688844C3B This webinar describes the sophisticated global setting where energy security, national security, and geopolitics intersect. People everywhere want
HDIAC Webinars – The Continued Threat of Infectious Diseases to the U.S. Military
Join HDIAC Friday, January 15, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "The Continued Threat of Infectious Diseases to the U.S. Military." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF59DA85844938 The US military is an expeditionary force and constantly engaged in global missions. During deployment,
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/continued-threat-of-infectious-diseases-to-military/
HDIAC Webinars – The Continued Threat of Infectious Diseases to the U.S. Military
Join HDIAC Friday, January 15, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation titled "The Continued Threat of Infectious Diseases to the U.S. Military." Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF59DA85844938 The US military is an expeditionary force and constantly engaged in global missions. During deployment,
https://www.hdiac.org/podcast/continued-threat-of-infectious-diseases-to-military/
In Case You Missed It: The HDIAC Podcast – Nuclear Arms Control Treaties – Part 1 and 2
In this two-part video podcast, Dirk Plante, Deputy Director of the HDIAC, interviews Pranay Vaddi, a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discussing early efforts by the United States and other nations to enter into multi-lateral arms control treaties, including the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty as well
HDIAC Webinars – Biostasis
Join HDIAC Friday, December 18, from 1200 to 1300 EST for a webinar presentation. Please register in advance for the webinar at: https://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EF57D786854638 This webinar will provide an overview of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Biostasis program. The Biostasis program aims to extend the time for lifesaving
