Nuclear Blast Simulator Blog
Long-form, sourced editorial on nuclear weapons physics, history, effects, and doctrine. Each article is written for general educated audiences, cites authoritative sources, and links to relevant simulator pages and glossary entries.
Effects · 7 min read · April 29, 2026
EMP: How a High-Altitude Nuclear Burst Could Disable a Continent
A single nuclear weapon detonated above the atmosphere could disable unprotected electronics across an area larger than the continental United States. Here is how the effect works and how seriously experts take the threat.
Effects · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
Nuclear Winter: How a Regional War Could Cool the Earth
A 1980s climate hypothesis turned out to be more robust than originally thought — and recent modeling shows that even a regional nuclear war could cause global crop failures.
Doctrine · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
Modern Nuclear Arsenals: By the Numbers (2026 Update)
Nine states currently possess nuclear weapons, with a combined inventory of roughly 12,500 warheads. Here is the breakdown by country, delivery system, and yield.
History · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: What 80 Years of Data Tell Us
The atomic bombings of August 1945 produced the only large datasets we have on real nuclear-weapon effects in real cities. Eight decades of follow-up studies have shaped almost everything we now know about radiation safety.
History · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
Tsar Bomba: Inside the Largest Nuclear Test Ever
On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb over the Arctic — a weapon so powerful it broke windows 900 km away and circled the Earth's atmosphere three times.
Effects · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
The Four Kill Mechanisms: Fireball, Blast, Thermal, Fallout
Nuclear weapons kill through four distinct mechanisms, each with different ranges, timings, and survival windows. Here is what each mechanism does and how to think about them in combination.
Physics · 8 min read · April 29, 2026
The Physics of Nuclear Blast: Yield, Scaling Laws, and Why Doubling Yield Doesn't Double the Radius
A walkthrough of the cube-root scaling law that governs nuclear blast effects — why a weapon ten times more powerful is only about twice as wide, and how that math shapes nuclear strategy.
Physics · 9 min read · April 29, 2026
How Nuclear Weapons Work: A Plain-English Guide
A clear walkthrough of how atomic and hydrogen bombs actually work — fission, fusion, gun-type vs implosion designs, and the two-stage Teller-Ulam configuration that powers all modern thermonuclear weapons.