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nuclear warfare

conflict or strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent
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Summary

nuclear warfare is a hypothetical war[1]. It draws 7,535 Wikipedia views per month (hypothetical war category, ranking #956 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: worldwide[3]
  • Subclass of: unconventional warfare[4]
  • Commons category: Nuclear warfare[5]
  • Start time: 1940[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nuclear warfare[7]
  • Facet of: political strategy[8]
  • Described by source: Nuclear warfare and the treatment of mass casualties[9], Nuclear Warfare.[10]
  • Has effect: nuclear winter[11]
  • Name in kana: かくせんそう[12]
  • Different from: nuclear deterrent[13]

Why It Matters

nuclear warfare has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Pixiv Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cv', 'da',
    Gnd id → 4003420-3
    Sitelink count → 69
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → nuclear-warfare
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: nuclear-warfare, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956131|nuclear warfare (#289956131)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → How would a nuclear war between Russia and the US affect you
    Described by source → Nuclear Warfare and the Treatment of Mass Casualties, Nuclear Warfare.
    Instance of → hypothetical war
    Name in kana → かくせんそう
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  4. 15w ago · ~2026-30876-05 · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nuclear Warfare and the Treatment of Mass Casualties, Nuclear Warfare.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Nuclear Warfare and the Treatment of Mass Casualties"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0373489-jaderne-valky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0373489-jaderne-valky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 6264, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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