Americans: Was your town a [rumored] Cold War missile target? [more inside]
posted by jeb on Oct 27, 2009 - 242 answers

What is this post-nuclear holocaust comic book I had as a kid? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Sep 30, 2008 - 3 answers

Where can I find up-to-date information about how to survive a nuclear war, and the subsequent irradiated planet? [more inside]
posted by deeper red on Aug 20, 2007 - 8 answers

Would the internet survive Armageddon? [more inside]
posted by szechuan on Jul 1, 2007 - 37 answers

Nuke related songs of the 80s and 90s. [more inside]
posted by pompomtom on Apr 3, 2007 - 66 answers

So how close exactly were we to nuclear war? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Dec 9, 2006 - 17 answers

A tough one: I remember reading that during the Reagan years, as part of the campaign to convince the Russians that the US really would launch a second strike if faced with a preemptive Russian attack, Reagan turned to a religious figure or theologian who explained that a retaliatory attack, even if it resulted in the extinction of the human species, would be morally approvable and even required by God, and that it would serve the glory of God, despite the unfortunate consequences it might have for human beings. I don't think I just imagined all this, so I wonder: who was the religious person that articulated this position? What source can tell me about this stuff? Many thanks for any clues.
posted by washburn on Jan 15, 2006 - 7 answers

More FictionFilter: Nuclear warhead, meet Oz. Sound familiar? [more inside]
posted by melissa may on Nov 19, 2004 - 8 answers

In the event of full-scale nuclear war, will there be survivors in places like Mbuji-Mayi, Wekweti, and Noril'sk? If they were to survive the initial blast, would the fallout get them?
posted by trharlan on Jul 1, 2004 - 33 answers