[This piece was composed after reading Annie Jacobsen’s incredibly frightening book Nuclear War: A Scenario.]
She starts the text with a prologue:
A 1-megaton thermonuclear weapon detonation begins with a flash of light and heat so tremendous it is impossible for the human mind to comprehend. One hundred and 44 million degrees Celcius is four or five times hotter than the temperature that occurs at the center of the Earth’s sun.The book is a must-read for anyone thinking that nuclear weapons would make them safer or more secure.
The book is a must-read for anyone thinking that nuclear weapons would make them safer or more secure.
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