Timeline for Would it be possible to accidentally nuke ourselves?
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| Mar 4, 2019 at 11:49 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | John Olliver madr a LWT episode about nuclear weapons. The US could nuke itself by accident, but fortunately food delivery professionals and difficulties operating floppy discs are keeping the US safe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ya-yF35g | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 22:20 | comment | added | anon | @Noir Depending on the book, that doesn't need to happen. If it's post-apocalyptic, maybe the world just started exploding in the middle of the night. Fleshing out details (like why that happens) helps a lot with building a self-consistent world, even if no characters ever have that knowledge. | |
| Feb 16, 2018 at 3:19 | answer | added | Englishman Bob | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 16, 2018 at 1:59 | answer | added | bgiles | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 15, 2018 at 5:13 | history | reopened |
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| Feb 15, 2018 at 2:09 | history | edited | Mike Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2018 at 17:49 | comment | added | John | which kind of nuclear weapon, early gun-types nuclear weapons (see little boy) are fairly easy to set of accidentally, which is one reason we rarely build them anymore. | |
| Feb 14, 2018 at 15:37 | comment | added | Noir | Have you ever thought about how people in your novel will figure out what actually happened? | |
| Feb 14, 2018 at 14:49 | comment | added | bobflux | I recommend this excellent book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Control_(book) | |
| Feb 14, 2018 at 1:37 | answer | added | Pingcode | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 23:39 | answer | added | HammerJack | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 22:39 | comment | added | Hans Z | Actually armed active nuclear warheads rely on there not being enough fissile material in one place to achieve critical mass, while still keeping the cores close enough that they can be brought together quickly. These nuclear warheads were mostly made in the 70s, so as they get older and older, it's possible that the casings and shielding deteriorate with age, causing fissile material to gradually leak together until it reaches the flashpoint. | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 22:37 | answer | added | OhkaBaka | timeline score: -3 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 22:31 | comment | added | Hans Z | This might be interesting for you, here is a list of military nuclear accidents that has happened so far. In particular, you should check out the Damascus Missile Silo explosion. This American Life did a great radio story on it that details the chain reaction of failure that lead up to such an incident, despite many redundant failsafes. | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 22:30 | answer | added | Harabeck | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 20:15 | answer | added | Oleg Lobachev | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 18:50 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 18:27 | answer | added | Philipp | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 16:26 | answer | added | ProfDeCube | timeline score: 15 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 15:51 | answer | added | HopelessN00b | timeline score: 19 | |
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 12:01 | answer | added | Ash | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 11:53 | history | edited | Mike Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 11:26 | history | edited | Mike Miller |
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 10:06 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 27 | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 9:59 | history | edited | user | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 9:36 | history | asked | Mike Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |