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Count me amongst the Nuclear Nerds. I have Coster-Mullens book and it is exhaustive in it's level of detail about the first two atomic bombs. He couldn't find a publisher so he self published through Amazon. It is spiral bound but the format takes nothing away from the content. Link here; https://www.amazon.com/Atom-Bombs-Secret-Inside-Little/dp/B0006S2AJ0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1535038346&sr=8-2&keywords=costermullen

This just came out in English -

https://www.amazon.com/PHYSICS-NUCLEAR-EXPLOSIVES-DALTON-BARROSO/dp/B08VRN2ZM5/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=dalton+ellery&qid=1627418865&sr=8-3

He had a version in Portugeuse published in 2009 the export of which was banned from Brazil, though anyone could buy a copy in-country. I had a chain of associates (which included a priest and an maid) secure me a copy and smuggle into the U.S. way back then, but the English version is much more useful and has been updated.

Also don't forget Glasstone and Leslie M. Redman, "An Introduction to Nuclear Weapons", WASH-1037 Revised.

The strategic styrofoam reserves were badly depleted after this book came out:

https://www.amazon.com/Styro-Flyers-Airplanes-Hamburger-Fast-Food-Containers/dp/0394847156

Once production ended, NNSA realized they had no easy way to ketchup to demand.

> Though they mention the Lance and 203mm nuke artillery were removed in 1987...that is incorrect. In 1991 we began dismantling and shipping the Lance warheads, completed by the end of the year. We were also decomming the nuke shells at the same time. The Pershing 2 was the last to go, by March 1992

I very much enjoyed your book, /u/TheVetAuthor. For those who have not seen it yet, here is an Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Last-Glow-Worms-Nuclear-Technician-ebook/dp/B076YKXMK8/

Good article. Many people forget that the Manhattan Project was an effort between the US, UK, and Canada. Many of the heavy water production facilities for the Manhattan Project were in Canada. Poor Louis Slotin, the first victim of the Demon Core, was Canadian. Canada is a huge producer of uranium today, but my understanding was that the bulk of the uranium in the Little Boy bomb was from the Shinkolobwe mine in what is today the DR Congo. At least according to a book I read

US Nuclear Weapons the Secret History by Chuck Hansen link: https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Nuclear-Weapons-Secret-History/dp/0517567407

Arguably the best single volume on the subject available.

I would go for this if you can get it shipped before Christmas. This is one that makes the cool noises and you can teach them about dosage and different types of radiation. For bonus points being the cool parent when they’re 20, you could try and get something like this depending on import laws etc where you live. In terms of hazard it’s pretty safe but should try to keep it in a glass vial and generally not touch. Radiation is not concerning but metal toxicity might be so don’t touch but wash hands if it gets touched. Bit like owning a mercury thermometer, pretty safe but there is some hazard so it should probably stay under supervision. There are also lots of everyday radioactive things that they can go searching for with their friends; good chance it will get them interested in science and get them outside too.

I'm trying to figure out what would be appropriate for a 10 year old. If he likes just watching detonations I suggest.
Trinity and Beyond - the Atomic Bomb Movie
https://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Beyond-Atomic-Movie-Blu-ray/dp/B002VCPFGY/ref=sr\_1\_2?keywords=trinity+and+beyond+the+atomic+bomb+movie&qid=1671338901&sprefix=atomic+bomb+movie%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-2

For now Obsidian, coupled with a big local archive of things I don't remember having, I've collected so much stuff from sites like nuclear-weapons.info, Glasstone and Dolan blog, Nukestrat, Black Vault... Or more institutional ones, like OSTI, OpenNet, UNT.

You should try ZOTERO for pdfs.

Have you or u/kyletsenior read Strategic Nuclear War: What the Superpowers Target and Why (Contributions in Military Studies) by Wm Martell? (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0313241929) If so, was it any good? I'm considering picking it up but wanted to make sure it's worth the $80. Managing Nuclear Operations is on my list as well.

You have correctly identified a danger, but you are misapprehending the chances of it happening. You should not worry at all just now, there is no threat to you from nuclear weapons.

If you're interested in the subject of nuclear weapons, a great book about them is "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.

You may find that one way of being a bit less apprehensive about a thing is learning about it a bit more.

This is a good book which discusses this area from a UK POV: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-State-Whitehall-Cold-War/dp/0141008350

Hennessy uses declassified "war book" records to reconstruct how a war in Europe could start and how it could transition to nuclear release.

I'm currently reading Active Measures which claims that the TTAPS model (and thus all of the "nuclear winter" models) were a disinformation campaign organized by the Soviets.

> Why are key's used to activate the nukes?

Gaining unauthorised access to the control room would allow you to press a button.

> does it send an eletrical impulse or something like that

Yes, it sends the launch command to the missiles electrically. The missiles are some distance from the command centre.

Here is a video of the launch sequence of a Titan II missile which shows the process. https://youtu.be/knDIENvBTgw?t=147

If you'd like to know a LOT more about things, then the book "Command And Control" by Eric Schlosser is great

thank you, I have good sources

http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/nuclear-war-in-the-1980s-harper-colophon-books_christopher-chant/1081945/?gclid=CjwKEAiAmeyxBRCJxoKk7IWLl2oSJABvZjhhHbSgiVHkP1fhXxvRyQ8roCNhqJ4W1Ur6sECLtqj53BoCB67w_wcB#isbn=0060910798?mkwid=sCFQ2SV4S|dm&pcrid=7011...

http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Guide-Strategic-Weapons-Military/dp/0134510712