NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

NUKEMAP_{: FAQ}

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MISSILEMAP

1. Drag the marker to wherever you'd like to target.

Or type in the name of a city:

2. Choose a warhead yield: [?] kilotons [?]

3. Basic options: Height of burst: [?] Airburst Surface
Other effects: Casualties Radioactive fallout

Advanced options:

4. Click the "Detonate" button below.

Note that you can drag the target marker after you have detonated the nuke.

Created by Alex Wellerstein, 2012-2025. For more about the nuclear past and present, follow @wellerstein.bsky.social, and visit my blog or read my book.

Other options: Auto-zoom [?] Don't log usage data [?]

Export to Google Earth (KMZ) ^(beta) No detonations to export!

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View the downloaded file in
Google Earth for Desktop.
NOTE: Google Earth is made by Google, not me. If it doesn't work, blame them, not me.

Advanced display options [+]

Effect ring settings: Draw mode: [?] Altitude mode: [?] Base altitude (m): [?] Stagger distance (m): [?] Fill opacity (0-1): [?] Line width (px): [?] Line opacity (0-1): [?] Circle steps (16-128): [?]	Fallout contour settings: Draw mode: [?] Altitude mode: [?] Base altitude (m): [?] Stagger distance (m): [?] Fill opacity (0-1): [?] Line width (px): [?] Line opacity (0-1): [?]
KMZ settings: Polygon altitude mode: [?] Use KML, not KMZ (larger file) [?] Use remotely linked 3D models (smaller file) [?]

NUKEMAP

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