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This essay is leaning very hard on the fact that there are 5% the number of warheads today as there were at the peak of the cold war. Nuclear weapons are exactl
by empthought 4y ago
This essay is leaning very hard on the fact that there are 5% the number of warheads today as there were at the peak of the cold war. Nuclear weapons are exactly as destructive as we think; the sum total of the nuclear arsenal is far smaller than when many of us formed our impressions.
- snemvalts 4y agoAnd the average yield is just 300-800 kt. A lot less than the megaton size bombs of the cold war.
- samarama 4y agoWhere did you get that number from?
- earleybird 4y ago3rd paragraph, although parent may have a typo - rather than 300 - 800 it says 300 - 500 In practice, most strategic nuclear warheads today are in the 300-500 kT range, with tactical weapons being smaller. If we take the American W88 (455 kT) as representative of this range