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Well, hasn't Russia been conquering Ukrainian towns by destroying them?

• belltaco 4y ago
  The 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.