The nuclear winter stuff is probably undersold if anything - nuclear testing in deserts and coral atolls aren’t the same as a nuclear exchange. Wildfires have h

The nuclear winter stuff is probably undersold if anything - nuclear testing in deserts and coral atolls aren’t the same as a nuclear exchange. Wildfires have had obvious and significant impacts on cities like SFO and NYC. The Mordor like conditions of smoke and haze with active nuclear materials, plastic, etc will be devastating. Guys who worked the 9/11 pile are still dying of nasty cancers and other conditions - imagine the world after 1000x the scale of 9/11 destruction. I think one of the reasons why the nuclear strategy is what it is is around compliance. I don’t think a sustained long term nuclear exchange could go on without mutiny. It’s critical to launch everything before the capability gets destroyed or the guy in the silos refuse to act.