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'nuclear winter', and the 'end of the world' will not happen with current arsenals. It might have, with the crazy number and size of nukes in the 70s, although
by jacknews 4y ago
'nuclear winter', and the 'end of the world' will not happen with current arsenals. It might have, with the crazy number and size of nukes in the 70s, although even that is highly debatable. But not now.
Even with an all-out exchange, expect Mt. Pinatubo levels of effect. A couple of bad, or even 'missing' summers, perhaps, but nothing like months of darkness, or a decade of winter that older models proclaim.
Not to say we should be any less averse to any kind of nuclear exchange; obviously many millions would die either directly, or from the impact on systems and infrastructure.