Alex Wellerstein on Twitter: "AEC judgment of military nuke requirements, 1957: "As one pushes probability towards certainty, required yield approaches infinity."… https://t.co/SZCqgXPeOE"

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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

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1. Porter Harlow‏ @porterharlow 16 Jun 2017
  
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  These "bonus effects" stand in opposition to distinction & proportionality. #notjustwar
  
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1. Henry Cobb‏ @henrycobb 16 Jun 2017
  
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  Which is why we must not just refurbish our old nukes but instead switch to pinpoint accurate designs like the B61-12 "JDAM(N)"
  
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1. Allan White‏ @allanwhite 16 Jun 2017
  
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  Horrifying. I for one am glad for a trend towards smaller, more accurate things that kill people.
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1. Christopher Clary‏ @clary_co 16 Jun 2017
  
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  Do you know what the "current DOD study" referenced in this was?
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1. Dmitry Stefanovich‏ @KomissarWhipla 16 Jun 2017
  
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  nice motto!
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