B-61 Mod 3 (lowest kt currently in US arsenal) (300 t) W-80 (currently in US arsenal, cruise missile) (150 kt) W-87 (currently in US arsenal, Minuteman III) (300 kt) W-78 (currently in US arsenal, Minuteman …

NUKEMAP is a mapping mash-up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

Snark (1958-1961) • Cruise missile Thor (1958-1975) • IRBM, silo-based, US and UK Jupiter (1959-1965) • MRBM, ground-launched Atlas (1959-1965) • ICBM, ground-launched Pershing I (1960 …

Jul 22, 2013 · The mushroom cloud from a 20 kiloton explosion, centered on downtown San Francisco, as viewed from my old house in the Berkeley Hills. Estimated fatalities: 75,200.

It allowed a user to see the ground effects of a nuclear weapon over any city in the world in 3D, as well as render a size-accurate mushroom cloud for any given yield of nuclear weapon.

Without taking into account many more variables than the model can deal with, like terrain type, building type, expected reaction of the bombed populace, and radioactive fallout, it's hard to do anything …

Feb 3, 2012 · It has never been easier to put a 50Mt H-bomb on the Eiffel Tower. Automatically tries to drop the bomb on wherever Google thinks you are accessing the Internet from (based on your IP …

In Search of a Sense of Scale Thoughts on attempts to re-capture the horror of a nuclear explosion.

I enjoy creating new visualizations for matters related to nuclear history and nuclear security. Since it can be hard to find these scattered throughout my blog posts, I have collected some of them here:

Dec 6, 2013 · What airburst physics tells us about nuclear targeting decisions, and why it took so long for the NUKEMAP to support arbitrary burst heights.