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This. I live less than 30 km from a large military base (although not in Switzerland). If we actually reach the point where someone decides to nuke that base,
by ahje 8y ago
This.
I live less than 30 km from a large military base (although not in Switzerland). If we actually reach the point where someone decides to nuke that base, then I'm toast reagardless of whether I survice the blast or not.
A quick ending is preferable to slowly dying from radiation poisoning I guess...
- credit_guy 8y agoNot clear why you think that. 30km is quite far. [1] is a pretty good site to play around and get an idea how far the nuclear blast reaches. For example the Russian Topol SS-25 (800 kT TNT) has an air blast radius (5psi) of 6.5 km. This is quite a large bomb. For comparison, most US warheads are W76, with a 100kT yield and a blast radius of 1km. The largest currently deployed warhead is the Chinese Dong-Feng-5, which at 5MT has a blast radius of 12 km. [1] https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
- ahje 8y agoThat's a cool site -- will have a look! :)