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Nukemap

by room505 on 11/11/21, 10:17 PM with 83 comments

• by karaterobot on 11/12/21, 4:10 AM

  I wonder if the author could publish the monthly trends in traffic to this app as a heuristic for worldwide anxiety about nuclear war.

• by scrumper on 11/11/21, 10:37 PM

  This is perennial, and no less terrifying for it.

  There was briefly a 3D version integrated with Google Earth that was even more depressing.

  Also check out (by the same developer, Alex Wallerstein) MissileMap, where you can plant a launch platform on a map (sub, silo etc.), assign it a missile and a warhead, and see which parts of the earth you can turn to glass. Stiff drink helps; all a bit close to home for this cold war kid.

• by dang on 11/11/21, 11:32 PM

  Past related threads:

  Why Nukemap Isn't on Google Maps Anymore - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21782101 - Dec 2019 (289 comments)

  Nuke Map: Interactive Nuclear Bomb Map - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14975863 - Aug 2017 (87 comments)

  Nuclear detonation visualizer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14243187 - May 2017 (2 comments)

  Mapping the US nuclear war plan for 1956 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11704241 - May 2016 (45 comments)

  Nuclear Effects Calculator - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624714 - Feb 2012 (34 comments)

• by xwdv on 11/11/21, 11:57 PM

  What I would like to see is a version of this combined with Google Earth VR, where you can stand in the street and watch as a bomb detonates at some distance and see what it would be like.

• by totalforge on 11/11/21, 11:53 PM

  The classic Mac/Windows game DEFCON is still available on Steam. Its combination of vector graphics and an eerie soundtrack are still a good but sobering experience.

• by smoldesu on 11/11/21, 10:31 PM

  I remember playing with this on my laptop in middle school. That was one of the weirdest trips to the principal's office I ever took.

• by oriori on 11/12/21, 8:20 AM

  This is really cool, but what worries me more is smaller bombs, the kind that get lost on transit... I expect an explosive nuclear terrorist attack in my life time.

• by lordofgibbons on 11/11/21, 11:46 PM

  Anyone else feel like they're going to be put on a list for playing around on this site?

• by drumttocs8 on 11/12/21, 12:45 AM

  So the lesson learned is live at least an hour from all major cities- got it!

• by ipsin on 11/11/21, 11:51 PM

  A 0.0000000000001 kiloton (milligram-ish) explosion has a comically large blast radius.

• by sodality2 on 11/12/21, 12:29 AM

  Seems to be down :c

• by t8e56vd4ih on 11/12/21, 11:01 AM

  every year ...