Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf]

Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by rhino369 on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:15PM (#15306957)

Those ICBMs can hold 10-15 warheads, but each warhead only destroys 10-15 sq miles. You'd need at least 5-10 just to mostly destroy the Dallas metro area.

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by vkou on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:37PM (#15307580)

The Dallas metro area holds 7 million people - that's a third of the population of Texas.

A 500 KT air burst will kill probably half of the people in Dallas proper. Three will kill most of them. Ten will kill most of those 7 million people.

[1] http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=500&lat=32.7766642&ln...

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by bluedino on Thursday September 21, 2017 @07:44PM (#15308231)

If they're all outside...if they're in shelters etc you'd be lucky to get 1/30th of them

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by vacri on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:34PM (#15308478)

Are there nuclear shelters for seven million people in Dallas?

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by anigbrowl on Thursday September 21, 2017 @10:03PM (#15308889)

"It can't happen here!" is going to the epitaph of the USA.

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