This is a rare wedge issue among boomers. The much derided duck-and-cover drills, which really would have protected kids from the blast effects of a nearby atomic bomb, became nonsensical after the advent of far more powerful thermonuclear weapons that would just vaporize them.https://twitter.com/ktumulty/status/1228668771759542272 …
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A fun thought experiment is to imagine if natural uranium had a different isotope ratio, so that atomic weapons did not require enrichment, and whichever Hapsburg prince controlled the Bohemian mines that were its only known source for centuries had been able to nuke his rivals.
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Or imagine if the Cuban missile crisis had ended in global nuclear war. The small bands of mutant survivors still alive in 2020 would gather by the fire sometimes and try to imagine the alternate future that might have been, never fathoming to what extent they had dodged a bullet
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Also, nuclear winter fixes global warming, and a lot of people are going to reflect on that in the coming decades. Just sayin'.
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I remember the thing from the 80s where someone in the US government said just dig a hole and cover it with a few boards and you’ll be fine. Much derided.
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I mean, you'll be fine either way
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I had them at the tail of gen X! Only later found out they’d been brought back to influence voting in Shoreham fission plant, as all the kids come home to boomer parents with tales of nuclear Armageddon.
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Quibble: the inverse square law limits the blast radius of the strongest thermonuclear weapon. The real nightmare was the MiRV
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We didnt go under desks, we went into the hall and faced the wall. Same protection. I suppose.
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thanks, edward teller!
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Everytime I read about advances in weapon systems and how that could lead to strategic disadvantages I wonder if everyone else forgot that there are already 3~5 countries now than can vaporize any city on Earth if they really want to
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