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Much of those tests were done over deserts or islands surrounded by water. A key part of the nuclear winter prediction is predicated on large scale fires.
by slededit 9y ago
Much of those tests were done over deserts or islands surrounded by water. A key part of the nuclear winter prediction is predicated on large scale fires.
- Recurecur 9y agoThere might, or might not, be "large scale fires" after a nuclear exchange. Regardless, "nuclear winter" is predicated on debris being injected high into the atmosphere, which will happen if lofted by the fireball, but not just from a regular fire.