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Looking at NUKEMAP [1] and playing with Honolulu as a target using the various weapons that are common to nuclear arsenals your claims just sound totally false.
by nsxwolf 9y ago
Looking at NUKEMAP [1] and playing with Honolulu as a target using the various weapons that are common to nuclear arsenals your claims just sound totally false.
It seems like there would be a great chance of survivability in many areas if one were properly sheltered. This doesn't even take into account that Oahu is a mountain which would shield many inhabitants from the air blast.
I frankly am glad you are not in charge of the early warning system in Hawaii.
[1] http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
- bonesss 9y agoAnd to extend this hypothetical a little: the nuclear arsenal of people attacking the US is not as good as the one in the US. Odds are anyone dumb enough to throw a nuke at the US is doing so with some really cunning plan in mind hoping for retaliation, and doing so with a nuke that's far from optimal. Russia and China are better served by eating up the US economy (and government!), than balls-to-the-wall war, so it's more likely an country that 'also has nukes' than the players with the real budgets.
- skellera 9y agoFor anyone wondering, highest estimate for Korea is 280kt. It would take a chunk out of Honolulu but no where near what people assume. As someone living in Hawaii, I’m more worried about the aftermath and how people react. More chaos will be caused by them rather than the bomb.