Deterrence, arms control treaties, nonproliferation - they all aim to prevent that ultimate boom from ever occurring. Thinking about nuclear war has been dominated by “left of boom” concepts. If “left of boom” is meant to prevent the worst from happening, “right of boom” is meant to prevent what happens from becoming the worst. While “left of boom” strategies in their original meaning involved everything from better intelligence of insurgents’ movements to plotting out safer patrol routes, “right of boom” meant hardening armor, improving medical care, and even boosting psychological resilience.
There’s a (literal) flip side to this concept: “ right of boom,” which covers everything that can be done to mitigate the effects and enhance resilience after disaster strikes.
It has since grown to become an all-purpose corporate buzzword, in everything from cybersecurity to disaster planning, for actions that can be taken to anticipate and prevent a catastrophe before it happens. “Left of boom” is a military idiom adopted by US forces during the Iraq War that originally referred to efforts to disrupt insurgents before they planted improvised explosive devices (IED) that could kill American troops in other words, before the IED went boom.
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