Fred Kaplan
@fredmkaplan.bsky.social
Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
Makes you wonder: is Hannity really that stupid or merely that cynical?
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Makes you wonder: is Hannity really that stupid or merely that cynical?
Does Trump really believe this??
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Does Trump really believe this??
As you know, I covered that pretty thoroughly in my book, “The Bomb.” I didn’t go into it here because the context would have taken too long to set up, counter-indicators would have had to be gone into, etc.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As you know, I covered that pretty thoroughly in my book, “The Bomb.” I didn’t go into it here because the context would have taken too long to set up, counter-indicators would have had to be gone into, etc.
Did so. Last night I was thinking STRATEGIC bombs & warheads. Include THEATER, and yes, Russia has more. I’ll be writing about Trump’s whole bizarre statement today
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Did so. Last night I was thinking STRATEGIC bombs & warheads. Include THEATER, and yes, Russia has more. I’ll be writing about Trump’s whole bizarre statement today
I think we have a few more STRATEGIC warheads, but once THEATER nukes are added in, Russ has more total.
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I think we have a few more STRATEGIC warheads, but once THEATER nukes are added in, Russ has more total.
Well, depends what you count, by some measures you’re right, so ok, you don’t owe me $1000z
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Well, depends what you count, by some measures you’re right, so ok, you don’t owe me $1000z
Well, we do have more nukes than any other country (though, yeah, all the other sentences in his post are wrong). So how will you send me $1000?
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Well, we do have more nukes than any other country (though, yeah, all the other sentences in his post are wrong). So how will you send me $1000?
1. Nuke modernization was done under Obama, not Trump. 2. Re his order to resume testing of nukes on “equal basis” with Russia and China, they don’t test nuke warheads; they do test missiles, but so do we, so wtf is he talking about? Wants to look tough to Xi, but he isn’t.
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
1. Nuke modernization was done under Obama, not Trump. 2. Re his order to resume testing of nukes on “equal basis” with Russia and China, they don’t test nuke warheads; they do test missiles, but so do we, so wtf is he talking about? Wants to look tough to Xi, but he isn’t.
I mean to look up Plokhy’s book.
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I mean to look up Plokhy’s book.