>If the problem of producing the atomic bomb occupied the attention and resources of the scientific establishment during World War II, it is sadly unsurprising

>If the problem of producing the atomic bomb occupied the attention and resources of the scientific establishment during World War II, it is sadly unsurprising that this very same establishment immediately moved on to the problem of adapting to the political, military, and intelligence consequences of such an disruptive innovation. We live today with the legacy of those consequences, and cannot imagine a world without them. Nuclear weapons may have been a positive development. The doctrine of mutually-assured destruction has a lot to do with why World War III hasn't happened yet.