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Half the planet would be dead and uninhabitable for a long time. USA has 88 nuclear power plants. No question they will all be targeted. So it's Chernobyl time

Half the planet would be dead and uninhabitable for a long time. USA has 88 nuclear power plants. No question they will all be targeted. So it's Chernobyl time 88, but there will be noone left to cover each of them with a sarcophagus. The projections for a 500 warhead attack estimate 100-150 million dying immediately from the fireballs, shockwaves and fires. Then most survivors will die from the radioactive fallout, radiation sickness, starvation. Most animal life will end too.

LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
Actually that is forbidden, at least according to some convention which exact point of origin I'm too lazy to search now. Anyway, targeting NPP's with nukes is a big NO, NO! Same for things like dams, btw. OTOH, before these the Brits had no problems targeting Germanies dams whith some ingenious things, which hopped over the water several times like described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise But that was before this convention was born. Anyway, remains to be seen who gives a shit about such things in all out confrontation.
- jules-jules 4y ago
  Even if no NPP is targeted directly (which I doubt), I don't think enough workers would remain (or care) to maintain the plants' safety in the event of a nuclear war.
- bufferoverflow 4y ago
  Do you think Russia cares about some rules, especially in the case of a nuclear war?
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    Of course! Every kook goes by the book! Anytime, to shine, in front the temples of the just wars, to be a part, of the eternal row of stars, from before the beginning of history, just another killing spree. The question is which edition, because differences in interpretion, lead to sedition, which in turn gives just another reason, to loudly shout TREASON!, for anybody else, while the wheel in thy sky turns over time, unimpressed with all that shine from below. Soon there will be the next overthrow.

LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago

Actually that is forbidden, at least according to some convention which exact point of origin I'm too lazy to search now. Anyway, targeting NPP's with nukes is a big NO, NO! Same for things like dams, btw. OTOH, before these the Brits had no problems targeting Germanies dams whith some ingenious things, which hopped over the water several times like described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise But that was before this convention was born. Anyway, remains to be seen who gives a shit about such things in all out confrontation.

jules-jules 4y ago
Even if no NPP is targeted directly (which I doubt), I don't think enough workers would remain (or care) to maintain the plants' safety in the event of a nuclear war.
bufferoverflow 4y ago
Do you think Russia cares about some rules, especially in the case of a nuclear war?
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  Of course! Every kook goes by the book! Anytime, to shine, in front the temples of the just wars, to be a part, of the eternal row of stars, from before the beginning of history, just another killing spree. The question is which edition, because differences in interpretion, lead to sedition, which in turn gives just another reason, to loudly shout TREASON!, for anybody else, while the wheel in thy sky turns over time, unimpressed with all that shine from below. Soon there will be the next overthrow.