wargames

global thermonuclear war

3D model of Earth with hundreds of nuclear missile trajectories depicted in red

Global Thermonuclear War was a multiplayer Google Maps game allowing players to fire nuclear missiles at each other's real-world locations.

At the peak of its viral fame in late 2014, thousands of players from all around the world launched millions of missiles at each other.

This is a visualization of those missiles.

Henry Catalini Smith

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