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Matthew Gault
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War Is Boring
Mar 24, 2017
Behold the Power of the Atom With Declassified Nuclear Blast Footage
Knowing more about nukes doesn’t…
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War Is Boring
Jun 25, 2015
How Not to Write About Atomic War
Robert Heinlein’s ‘Farnham’s Freehold’ is a nuclear disaster
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Matthew Gault
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War Is Boring
May 5, 2015
‘Threads’ Is One of the Most Horrifying Films I’ve Ever Seen
This BBC docudrama about nuclear war…
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James Drew
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War Is Boring
Apr 26, 2015
The U.S. Air Force Has Lots of Options for Smashing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Flying branch shopping…
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Joseph Trevithick
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War Is Boring
Apr 20, 2015
During the 1950s, the Pentagon Played War Games With Troops and Nukes
Years of tests tried to discover…
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Steve Weintz
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War Is Boring
Apr 5, 2015
Disarming an Atomic Bomb Is the Worst Job in the World
One scientist did it twice
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Paul Richard Huard
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War Is Boring
Apr 1, 2015
The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Monster Nuke
But it was far too big to ever be a practical weapon
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Joseph Trevithick
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War Is Boring
Mar 27, 2015
How the U.S. Air Force Snooped on French Nuke Blasts
Special tanker planes recorded Pacific tests
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War Is Boring
Mar 13, 2015
The Atomic Bazooka Was a Bad Idea
The Davy Crockett nuclear launcher would’ve blown up the bad guys —…
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Matthew Gault
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War Is Boring
Mar 5, 2015
No, Iran Can’t Trigger a Nuclear Tsunami That Wipes Out Israel
Militaries have tried—and failed—to…
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