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"It is obvious that the immediate destruction of the complete list of 66 cities would have an even more devastating effect on Russia"
The earliest postwar American planning for waging a full-scale nuclear war from 1945
Mar 6 • Alex Wellerstein
Bananas for BRAVO
An early attempt to visualize the broader implications of thermonuclear war
Feb 6 • Alex Wellerstein
Survival of the Relocated Population of the U.S. after a Nuclear Attack, 1976
The surprising secret to surviving a nuclear war is... to not be near the bombs when they go off
Aug 1, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein
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