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  1. NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

    NUKEMAP is a website for visualizing the effects of nuclear detonations.

  2. NUKEMAP FAQ - Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog

    For NUKEMAP, after the user specifies the detonation information, it calls upon a nuclear effects library written in Javascript. This library outputs distances for various effects of the bomb.

  3. NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein - Restricted Data: A Nuclear History …

    NUKEMAP is a mapping mash-up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

  4. MISSILEMAP by Alex Wellerstein - Restricted Data: A Nuclear …

    MISSILEMAP is a digital mapping mashup that lets you graphically visualize the range and accuracy of many different types of missiles.

  5. Presenting NUKEMAP2 and NUKEMAP3D - Restricted Data: A …

    Jul 22, 2013 · The mushroom cloud from a 20 kiloton explosion, centered on downtown San Francisco, as viewed from my old house in the Berkeley Hills. Estimated fatalities: 75,200.

  6. NUKEMAP3D by Alex Wellerstein - Restricted Data: A Nuclear …

    What did NUKEMAP3D do and look like? NUKEMAP3D was a mashup between the NUKEMAP and the Google Earth Browser Plugin, created by Alex Wellerstein in 2013. It allowed a user to …

  7. Presenting NUKEMAP - Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog

    Feb 3, 2012 · A new tool for demonstrating the qualitative effects of nuclear weapons.

  8. The trouble with airbursts - Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog

    Dec 6, 2013 · The reason is somewhat subtle but important for understanding nuclear weapons targeting decisions. The pressure wave that emerges from the nuclear fireball does not stop …

  9. In Search of a Bigger Boom - Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog

    Sep 12, 2012 · The scientist Edward Teller, according to one account, kept a blackboard in his office at Los Alamos during World War II with a list of hypothetical nuclear weapons on it. The …

  10. The Sound of the Bomb (1953) - Restricted Data: A Nuclear …

    Jul 13, 2012 · Most films of nuclear explosions are dubbed. If they do contain an actual audio recording of the test blast itself (something I’m often suspicious of — I suspect many were …