“Nicknamed the Davy Crocket, it could take down more than bears…”

In a break from events on the Hill comes this darkly comical clip from the History Channel on the M65 “Davy Crocket” recoilless nuclear rifle.

Key lines: “If there were a military failed inventions hall of fame, there would surely be a place for the nuclear rifle, developed in the Cold War ‘60s, the M65. … The Davy Crocket was hampered by one nagging flaw. … Its maximum firing range of about 3 miles meant it couldn’t fire its payload beyond the radius of the resulting fallout.”

Especially disturbing is that the M65 handlers strangely resemble the New Wave band, Devo…

B is for Bomb

Click below to watch "B is for Bomb," winner of last year's Cannes Online Competition. Directed by Carey Schonegevel McKenzie of "Original Child Bomb" acclaim, the short film is a child's alphabetical listing of the history of the Atomic Age and the hazards of nuclear weapons.

Joe Cirincione: A Brief History of the Atomic Age

Interested in learning the history of the Atomic Age in just over 15 minutes?

Well, you’re in luck.

Click below to watch a fascinating video of Joe Cirincione’s opening remarks from the 2005 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference that does just that.

The video is an adapted multimedia version of Cirincione’s speech, produced by Dot-Org Digital Media Services.

Alternatively, you can read the text of the presentation here or listen to an audio version here.