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We never really stopped testing nuclear weapons. After the ban, we continued using supercomputers to perform the tests, which, given how powerful the supercompu
by finid 11y ago
We never really stopped testing nuclear weapons. After the ban, we continued using supercomputers to perform the tests, which, given how powerful the supercomputers are, is just as good as testing the real thing.
Ditto for the Russians and other nuclear powers.
- varjag 11y agoThe virtual tests are as good as the models behind it. How fast or detailed you get the wrong answer is irrelevant. Not to say the models are actually wrong: I certainly wouldn't bet my hometown on it.