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Neither nuclear weapons nor viruses help you conquer the world. Destroy it? Sure. But you won't be there either to conquer the world after using them.
by soco 4y ago
Neither nuclear weapons nor viruses help you conquer the world. Destroy it? Sure. But you won't be there either to conquer the world after using them.
- Koshkin 4y agoWell, hasn't Russia been conquering Ukrainian towns by destroying them?
- belltaco 4y agoThe difference is radioactive fallout that lasts a long time, and nuclear war ensuring the complete destruction of Russia as well. Even Russia knows it that they have contingency plans for Putin and other military/govt officials to try and escape it by fleeing to the barely populated parts like Siberia assuming(or hoping) that those population centers won't be nuked. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44814/flurry-of-government-aircraft-activity-over-russia-draws-attention-we-break-it-down https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44814/flurry-of-govern... Nuclear winter and the fallout will probably weaken or destroy much of the rest of the world, but if places like China/India/Africa survive them better, maybe they can rebuild faster and"conquer" what's left of the current first world in a century or two.
- xyzzyz 4y ago> The difference is radioactive fallout that lasts a long time, Depends on the type of the bomb. For Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was mostly over in a matter of months.