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I went to a talk with one of the Arpanet guys about 10 years ago (annoyingly, I've forgotten who!). I remember that he thought it was ridiculous to suggest that
by vintermann 4y ago
I went to a talk with one of the Arpanet guys about 10 years ago (annoyingly, I've forgotten who!). I remember that he thought it was ridiculous to suggest that the internet would be any good after a nuclear war, but conceded that the absurd notion might have been aired to get funding for research on packet switching.
- 3pt14159 4y agoWhat makes it ridiculous? Not all nuclear wars need be hundreds of nukes. The military has to plan for the full range of the scale, from small brush fire near a minor ammo depo to full blown WWIII. But the part that is 75% towards full blown WWIII is so often overlooked by commentators it's like it doesn't exist. I could come up with 100s of scenarios where most of the internet works but there is a recently-started nuclear war. (India vs Pakistan, for example.)