atomic bomb

The new version of Alex Wellerstein's NUKEMAP nuclear detonation simulator is now online. This version includes better modeling, casualty calculation, fallout simulation and 3D imaging (using Google maps). Have fun, though currently the server is running slow.

I was watching a show on allied air power in World War 2, and it got me thinking: What exactly was the most important technology that the Allies had in World War 2 (something that either "won" the war for us, or at least gave us an edge to win the war sooner.) Some of the possibilities: - The...

A recent Military Channel documentary "Mission for Mussolini" argues Germany first exploded the atomic bomb on a island in the Baltic Sea in October 1944 and again in central Germany in March 1945. German scientists had the bomb first before the Americans.

An interesting article from the NY Times on the Manhattan Project. I read "The Brotherhood of the Bomb" previously, which I reccomend as far as historical knowledge of the era, and decisions into The Bomb. Most people don't know the amount of work that was done right in NY...

I've often wondered what would have happened if Japan hadn't surrendered after the 2nd atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. We were out of a-bombs at that point. I suppose that since Japan couldn't mount an offense at that point that we could have just waited to make more atomic bombs. We could...