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Everything is even better. There is no way that the numbers will be as high as the (excellent) analysis suggests: --- * This presumes all parties collaborate
by tezza 17y ago
Everything is even better. There is no way that the numbers will be as high as the (excellent) analysis suggests:
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* This presumes all parties collaborate to destroy mutually exclusive regions (unlikely)
* Multiple nukes will be launched at particular sites to avoid countermeasures
* Some of those countermeasures will be effective
* The main targets of nukes will be nuke launching sites, which will cut down the retaliatory nuking
* Nuke launching sites are not in populated cities (generally)
- pbhj 17y ago"The main targets of nukes will be nuke launching sites [...]" Probably not. If USA takes one in the eye (Washington DC) from Russia then they want to hit Moscow immediately after to show that a) we're fighting back, stop now if you don't want to end the world, b) everyone will notice and possibly you might cut off the head before further damage is done. Yes silos will be a priority target, but not necessarily above major cities.