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What basis is there for the assumption that nuclear attacks will result in so much soot in the stratosphere? Seems strange that this would be orders of magnitu
by fallingknife 4y ago
What basis is there for the assumption that nuclear attacks will result in so much soot in the stratosphere? Seems strange that this would be orders of magnitude more than wildfires that burn much larger areas. Are there measurements from Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- actionfromafar 4y agoThe short explanation is that, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were tiny blips of bombs. The super fires in a full out war will be something else completely.
- fallingknife 4y agoDamage radius of a nuke is inverse cube of yield so even the biggest bomb is going to be 10x Hiroshima. And really it's less than that because urban density drops as you move out from the center. Edit: stupid math error 10x radius is 100x area
- actionfromafar 4y agoYes, which is why current designs use MIRV and blanket an area with several warheads, increasing the chance a fire storm.
- fallingknife 4y agoI still don't see how this is going to be worse than wildfires. There are naturally caused firestorms 100x larger in area than Hiroshima, and they don't seem to be a major issue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_Burn#First_fire_(1933) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_Burn#First_fire_(193...