RT @wellerstein: Insane news graphic from Aug 9, 1945 showing # of A-bombs necessary to exterminate 100% of Japanesepic.twitter.com/zCJ31vTi
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@PGEddington@wellerstein It was just an old school infographic... But (at the least) journalists thought it out
@zivjeli @PGEddington Though the US did make similar maps, officially, for the Russians, as early as September 1945... http://nuclearsecrecy.com/blog/2012/05/09/weekly-document-the-first-atomic-stockpile-requirements-september-1945/ …
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@wellerstein@PGEddington Mmm Wow... the beginnings of the Cold War.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@zivjeli Do we know if the GRU got copies of those maps? -
@PGEddington@zivjeli I've seen no indication that they did, but I imagine that Stalin wouldn't have been surprised — it's what he assumed -
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