Are there any mentions of nuclear weapons in MAS*H?

M*A*S*H takes place during the Korean war, basically 5 years after the world's first nuclear strike and at a very tense time where everyone was arming with nuclear weapons.

I understand from a brief study of the history of the time that there was some discourse, at least at the political level, about using nuclear weapons in Korea.

Was that ever addressed in M*A*S*H?

If so, when and in what context? If not, is there any particular reason?

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Best Answer

I will not go into much detail (where on what episode and how many times). It was mentioned in Season 5 Episode 6, Abduction of Mayor Houlihan.

Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: [about Flagg's plan] Why stop there? Why don't we just drop an atomic bomb.
Colonel Flagg: Hey, don't try to make friends with me.

Just from this exchange you can see that it was viewed by "normal" people as unnecessary overkill. And that only "bonkers" people would think that an atomic bomb is a solution.

MASH in general has very strong peaceful undertones, painting war as a thing worse than hell. The nuclear bomb is the pinnacle of this terrible thing. It is used in the series to either point out people who are cruel and want to use it or further ridicule such people to show that they would use the "end all weapon" to solve any problem.

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Are there any mentions of nuclear weapons in M*A*S*H?