War Plans

The grim realities of a faux nuclear war plan from 1958

"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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Doomsday Machines

War Plans