2004: City on fire. (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Eden, Lynn
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of the atomic scientists. Volume 76:Number 6(2020)
• Page Start: 412
• Page End: 422
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Nuclear fire damage -- nuclear weapons -- firestorm -- nuclear blast damage -- nuclear attack on Washington -- DC; Nuclear energy -- Periodicals; Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Nuclear energy -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Nuclear weapons -- Periodicals; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Nuclear arms control -- Periodicals; 363.1799
• DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2020.1847516
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3402

Abstract

ABSTRACT: By ignoring the fire damage that would result from a nuclear attack and taking into account blast damage alone, US war planners were able to demand a far larger nuclear arsenal than necessary.