{"id":93264,"date":"2025-04-23T02:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93264"},"modified":"2025-01-01T23:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:01:21","slug":"this-way-toward-enemy-how-the-bomb-didnt-quite-go-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/04\/23\/this-way-toward-enemy-how-the-bomb-didnt-quite-go-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"This Way Toward Enemy &#8211; How The Bomb Didn&#8217;t Quite Go Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iskdc8EyEb0?si=AfZBQ3McBgOwDoL9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>HardThrasher<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 17 Feb 2023<\/p>\n<p>I can do nothing about the way I say Nuclear. If that upsets you please don&#8217;t bother commenting<\/p>\n<p>A brief history of the many ways that nuclear weapons nearly killed us all<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apparently my pronunciation of &#8220;nuclear&#8221; upset some folks, so to them I say    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fe8yBhaDoR4\" target=\"_blank\">Why Do People Pronounce It &#8220;Nucular&#8221;?&#8230;<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Notes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2I1dGRQV29aUFBhWWtfZmd5N0NoS0FIckN0QXxBQ3Jtc0trVzBXSmlRX1lVakZIWXd2eW0tWGpVRkRHWkx2YUdfQk4tUm9fYk9iSmdRUmphUFJZc3UyMzlPcXRubENNY3hUWnlGamFZYWpabG1FWDhwSENHSEc5ZlJ3Z09MRi1yVGMySnNwZExYd3VXaTJyUXpwYw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fourworldindata.org%2Fnuclear-weapons&#038;v=iskdc8EyEb0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/nuclear-we&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nOne in a million Given the Accident &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFdnWFhrUEc3MU02VVVzaHN6N3NVb0kxVU41UXxBQ3Jtc0ttUmUwNF9vMEZwTmljdjdabDlxUHM1emNGUy01ZFhhbnFhT1R5WVJJNlcyVlRNM3I2ay1pLXJXRjZrYm9nd3dUQ0M5TFhkdkhEUnJsVURid0k1cnNEWmtjRlF0V1NsMUpMYU5STkxCYlBfSjlQelBNZw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.osti.gov%2Fservlets%2Fpurl%2F1426902&#038;v=iskdc8EyEb0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.osti.gov\/servlets\/purl\/14&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nWant to see what happens when you drop a nuclear weapon on your home town? Go here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuclearsecrecy.com\/nukemap\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nuclearsecrecy.com\/nukemap\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Books<br \/>\nI tried to use David Ellsberg&#8217;s <em>Doomsday<\/em> as a source but he is so far up his own bottom that I wound up throwing it across the room several times and eventually gave up<br \/>\nMuch more helpful was <em>Command and Control<\/em> by Eric Schlosser (2013), <em>The Dead Hand<\/em> by David Hoffman which includes a properly insomnia inducing discussion of chemical and biological weapons as well as nuclear ones, and <em>The Bomb<\/em> by Fred Kaplan<\/p>\n<p>Incidents<br \/>\nWikipedia&#8217;s List of military nuclear incidents is pretty good and can be found here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hOZDMyX01VVGU5UTg5Y1FlbDZUZTAtR2RLZ3xBQ3Jtc0tudi1ZU1hGWFUySFJVSE5JdEZWa0pXbUNSdEJiYzF3UjBqWFFWLVNRY1lHRVpUUHh5X3N6Nk9zT2NlSVRUSVJ5SlUzU3BwUS1LUm4xX0pPRXIzNmtzVndqRElmWjF4Y1AwTnhJZ0ZOTUtpV01xYTMwUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_military_nuclear_accidents&#038;v=iskdc8EyEb0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explanation of Weak Link \/ Strong Link theory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjNUenl2TFhQRUxKejVtX2M2YndBYVdqaVBPZ3xBQ3Jtc0tseURTYkhlaWpUVXdtZWlTbk9qNXViQUlFRU5LTE1JcTMzRVFFamluOWZ3SGRFNXhkYmVkd0duWE1faUxxR0I0dzctRVZYVmhob1AwZXpRZFFxN0o2MmpiZzB6czRUQ1BqREhHVm5QV3FiMFhJMVRXdw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStrong_link%2Fweak_link&#038;v=iskdc8EyEb0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strong_&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HardThrasher Published 17 Feb 2023 I can do nothing about the way I say Nuclear. 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