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> Tsar Bomba is a potent example of how nationalism, fear, and high-technology can combine in a fashion that is ultimately dangerous, wasteful, and pointless.
by sedan_baklazhan 2y ago
> Tsar Bomba is a potent example of how nationalism, fear, and high-technology can combine in a fashion that is ultimately dangerous, wasteful, and pointless.
Not to be confused with the way democracy, love, and science produce beautiful, useful and eco-friendly nuclear weapons.
- troyvit 2y agoSo true! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb 'The concept was originally developed by the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was seen as a "cleaner" bomb for use against massed Soviet armored divisions.'
- hydrolox 2y agoDemocracy in the US isn't mutually exclusive with any of those?
- samatman 2y agoIt seems you have no understanding at all of the goals of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It's worth reading up on.
- jjk166 2y agoI don't think anyone is claiming that nationalism, fear, and high-technology were a problem unique to the Soviet Union.