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Was anyone else surprised by the very low number of fatalities? At 1:06 in the video "The Tactical Plan" says Russia sends 300 nuclear warheads and NATO respon
by grecy 4y ago
Was anyone else surprised by the very low number of fatalities?
At 1:06 in the video "The Tactical Plan" says Russia sends 300 nuclear warheads and NATO responds with approx. 180 warheads, but the immediate casualties are estimated only 2.6 million.
Maybe I've been utterly misinformed, but I thought just one "modern" nuclear warhead detonating in any major city in the world would kill more than that instantly.
For 480 of them to go off and only kill 2.6 million people is kind of shocking, really.
- 93po 4y agoI have two guesses: this simulation is really inaccurate, or the average warhead is actually quite small and targeting military assets instead of civilian ones. A nuclear bomb on a military facility maybe only needs to be big enough to destroy a few square miles, not big enough to level Manhattan. edit: after searching, average ICBM is 500-1000 kilotons which basically destroys most buildings in 50 square miles and causes third degree burns for around 150 square miles (probably killing most). Nuke map shows 1.5 million fatalities in downtown Manhattan with 800 kilotons
- grecy 4y agoThanks for the info. > average ICBM is 500-1000 kilotons which basically destroys most buildings in 50 square miles and causes third degree burns for around 150 square miles (probably killing most). OK, makes sense to me. > Nuke map shows 1.5 million fatalities in downtown Manhattan with 800 kilotons Huh? That means there are only 1.5 million people in 50 square miles of Manhattan? (ignoring the 150 of third degree burns) That seems terribly low to me. Manhattan in it's entirety is 22 square miles [1] So one "average" nuke will easily kill everyone in all of Manhattan and a ton of the surrounding area... but that's only 1.5 mil? [1] https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=manhattan+swaure+miles+size https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=manhattan...
- 93po 4y agoI agree that nuke map could be pretty wrong. I sort of doubt they store population density information for the entire planet
- timbit42 4y agoThey are immediate casualties. This means they died immediately. Hundreds of millions if not billions would die over the next few weeks, depending on the number and size of the nukes.