Alex WellersteinVerified account

Hysterically dated 1946 science fiction story which is an interesting product of its times http://atomic-skies.blogspot.com/2015/02/war-in-atomic-age.html …

@nyrath at least on atomic weapons, that seemed plausible until the H-bomb allowed them to scale to proportions that made using impossible

@jon_jeckell @nyrath On a more serious note, from the same era, courtesy @wellerstein : http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/04/05/the-36-hour-war-life-magazine-1945/ …

@Moe_Delaun @nyrath @wellerstein And I think it took a while for it to sink in that atomic/nuclear bombs were more than really BIG bombs

@jon_jeckell @nyrath @wellerstein I think nukes would have been used more often but for their "poisonous" nature, akin to gas warfare

@Moe_Delaun @nyrath @wellerstein Schelling recommended a bright dividing line between nuclear & conventional weapons, regardless of size

@jon_jeckell @nyrath @wellerstein 20th C warfare showed willingness to shoot/bomb until rubble bounced, but radiation had special horror