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Blowing up a nuclear power plant is about two big, scary, 'DO NOT CROSS EXCEPT IN EXISTENTIAL EMERGENCY' red lines away from blowing up a nuclear bomb.
by vkou 3y ago
Blowing up a nuclear power plant is about two big, scary, 'DO NOT CROSS EXCEPT IN EXISTENTIAL EMERGENCY' red lines away from blowing up a nuclear bomb.
- lawn 3y agoA tactical nuclear bomb isn't nearly as damaging as blowing up a nuclear reactor, and the fallout and destruction will be much smaller.
- vkou 3y agoThe problem with tactical nuclear weapons is that it crosses a line that other people will cross right back at you. Whereas covering a country in Agent Orange or depleted uranium, or radiactive crap from an entombed reactor is, like, a Tuesday when it comes to industrialized warfare.