Americans Are Experts At Nukes. Interesting data visualization of nuke tests via @sidburgess

July 31, 2010 / 9:43 pm • By Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Sid is freaked out. I am encouraged. One, citizens of the world seem to comprehend the whole mutually assured destruction thing. Two, Americans are very thorough about testing technology.

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The Explosions of Every Nuclear Bomb to 1998

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  • http://sidburgess.com Sid Burgess

    It was just the fact that we had only half the tests that bothers me. There are way too many nukes out there. MAD sounds like sound policy but losing hundreds of thousands of people at the push of a button sucks as a “lesson”.