The Digital Antiquarian on Wing Commander, ancestor of all popamole

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Moreover, the prior occurrence of nuclear warfare, or in Bradbury's parlance "atomic war", was in fact mentioned in Fahrenheit 451 well before the ending:

The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house, gasping, murmuring, whistling like an immense, invisible fan, circling in emptiness.

"Jesus God," said Montag. "Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it? We've started and won two atomic wars since 1960.

The Digital Antiquarian read the novel only carelessly and then criticized the author for insufficient diligence on the part of the reader.

 

[Excommunicator]

Well I'm glad people are finally catching on to this guy

 

[Nutria]

nuclear warfare, or in Bradbury's parlance "atomic war"

That was the common term at the time. Things got more complicated when fusion weapons started coming out in the mid-1950s.