Thomas Fraise

@thfraise.bsky.social

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Nuclear weapons, deterrence, secrecy, and democracy. Currently, Univ. of Copenhagen & Nuclear Knowledges. Co-editor in chief of PARISS Journal.

Cover from the book "Exit from Hegemony, the unraveling of the American Global Order" by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon. The cover features Trump turning his back to the reader. The second edition features Biden, instead of Trump, doing the same.

Bit from an interview with James Dibgy. The text says "Briggs never really had great credentials as a scientist in this area, he's got a lot of the arguments down quite well. He makes a few mistakes. He talks about my changing our fallout shelter into a wine cellar later on. Actually, it was a wine cellar and fallout shelter from the very beginning, so there are some mistakes like that. But I'm surprised at how well he did"

Excerpt from the article: "Another apparent effect when examining the operational level is grasping the number of casualties produced by the detonation and what that means for combat operations. The figure shows six motorized infantry platoons as red (severe casualty or fatality), one as yellow (degraded), and one medical platoon as red (severe casualty or fatality). With roughly 30 Soldiers per platoon, that
would be over 200 severe casualties." This last sentence is highlighted.

Title page from an article published in Joint Forces Quarterly and entitled "Preparing for Adversary Employment of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Tactical Effects, Operational Impacts, Strategic Implications"