@wellerstein (Top is meant to be one 57 Mt bomb, bottom is ten 5 Mt bombs. This is when 57 Mt was the common Tsar Bomba figure.)
Life magazine illustration of difference between one big (Tsar Bomba) boom and many smaller nuclear weapons, 1961.pic.twitter.com/0BCCTGEwzt
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@wellerstein It's like a beauty contest - Our nukes are better than your nukesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@GrahamWJenkins What a strange time that must have been, I can't really imagine living with that constant fear. -
@J_Lovering@wellerstein@GrahamWJenkins I finished Command & Control over the holidays. Highly recommend. V interesting untold history. -
@A_H_Goldstein@wellerstein@GrahamWJenkins thanks for the recommendation, I love reading nonfiction
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@wellerstein I don't know if I'm ill, but I find all this stuff really interesting! Really glad I followed you!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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