r/nuclearweapons↗
Nuclear Weapons
A safe place for the dangerous discussion of advanced nuclear weapon theory, design, and to a lesser extent, related systems such as launch vehicles and controls at a technical / academic level. This is a moderated, serious subreddit. Read and comprehend the rules and the community guide before contributing.
22k subscribers56 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~4% by known bots)47 authors / mosince 2012
r/nuclearweapons has 22k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 56 posts a month from 47 people. Top topics: Nuclear Reactors, Cuban Missile Crisis and Nuclear Warfare Mods.
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Topics and brands on r/nuclearweapons
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- Nuclear Reactors0.4%
- Cuban Missile Crisis0.4%
- Nuclear Warfare Mods0.3%
- North Korea Missiles0.3%
- Nuclear Warfare0.2%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Restricted Data: A Nuclear History Blog
- The Nuclear Weapon Archive
- OSTI
- Substack
- Wikimedia
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