Weapons of Mass Destruction

by GenCept | April 23, 2010

They redefined warfare in the 20th century and could redefine civilization itself in the 21st. Although the term, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), has become a part of our daily lexicon, it remains very much an abstraction for most of us. This series of images offers a retrospective look at some of these weapons. The last sixty years has seen a frenzied tango between strategy and technology that has left us with the chilling array of doomsday machines seen here.

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"Most of my subjects are drawn from the Cold War period during which there was a very real threat to the survival of civilization itself. - Martin Miller"

"The Gadget" (Trinity Atomic Bomb) 1945

"Little Boy" (Hiroshima Atomic Bomb) 1945

"Bockscar" (Nagasaki B-29 Bomber) 1945

"Fat Man" (Nagasaki Atomic Bomb) 1945

B-36 Strategic Bomber 1948

Mk-17 Thermonuclear Bomb 1954

B-36 Bomb Bay 1948

B-47 Strategic Bomber 1951

Mk-6 Atomic Bomb 1951

B-52 Strategic Bomber 1955

M65 280mm Atomic Cannon 1951

Atlas-D ICBM 1959

Blast Door, Minuteman II ICBM Control Buncker 1965

Minuteman II ICBM Control Bunker 1965

Commander's Station, Minuteman II Bunker 1965

Deputy Commander's Station, Minuteman II Bunker 1965

USS Lewis and Clark Ballistic Missile Submarine 1965

Inertial Guidance Module, Peacekeeper (MX) ICBM 1986

B-1B Strategic Bomber 1986

Midgetman ICBM Hardened Mobile Launcher1988

B-2 Strategic Bomber 1989