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Sep 25, 2022 · The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the "catastrophic consequences" it would face, U.S. National Security ...
A nuclear holocaust, also known as a nuclear apocalypse, nuclear annihilation, nuclear armageddon, or atomic holocaust, is a theoretical scenario where the mass detonation of nuclear weapons causes widespread destruction and radioactive fallout. Such a scenario envisages large parts of the Earth becoming uninhabitable due to the effects of ...
Single-City Attack Simulator. This simulator maps the effect of a single nuclear bomb on an individual target. Using open-source physics and weapon models, it provides a simplified view of the aftermath of the detonation. You can target any city with over 20,000 people in the US. Air detonations are assumed to detonate at the optimal altitude ...
Dec 1, 2008 · As figure 1 shows, a war between India and Pakistan in which each uses weapons with 0.75-Mt total yield could lead to about 44 million casualties and produce about 6.6 trillion grams (Tg) of soot. A SORT conflict with 4400 nuclear explosions and 440-Mt total yield would generate 770 million casualties and 180 Tg of soot.
Mar 16, 2022 · Growing uncertainty around each side’s red lines. As Russia and NATO escalate their standoff over Ukraine, nuclear strategists and former U.S. officials warn that there is a remote but growing ...
Aug 15, 2022 · A nuclear war would disrupt the global climate so badly that billions of people could starve to death, according to what experts are calling the most expansive modeling to date of so-called nuclear winter. Although the exact effects remain uncertain, the findings underscore the dangers of nuclear war and offer vital insights about how to ...
The effects of exposure to high levels of radioactive fall-out include hair loss, bleeding from the mouth and gums, internal bleeding and haemorrhagic diarrhoea, gangrenous ulcers, vomiting, fever, delirium and terminal coma. There is no effective treatment, and death follows in a matter of days. At lower levels of exposure, while there is an ...
