Is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) inevitable?
How many numclear bombs do you think humanity has dropped on this planet? 10? 100? 1,000? 10,000? The answer might surprise you.
A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonate a nuclear weapon, with a running tally kept on the top and bottom bars of the screen. Hashimoto, who began the project in 2003, says that he created it with the goal of showing"the fear and folly of nuclear weapons." It starts really slow — if you want to see real action, skip ahead to 1962 or so — but the buildup becomes overwhelming.