Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction?

Re:Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction? by baybal2 on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:50AM (#25079334)

> Full scale nuclear war means instant civilization collapse....full stop.

Each China, and India has more people, and potentially more troop, than USA, and Russia combined.

As I wrote before, the next third power in any massive war has an extreme incentive to stay neutral, to take the lead, or may well be land, after.

You think that Xi, and Modi will stay still at the opportunity to do the biggest land grab in history?

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Re:Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction? by int_19h on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:36AM (#25099671)

It's often assumed that, in an all-out nuclear exchange, everybody gets it, even if they haven't launched themselves yet. Because if you go down, you want all your potential opponents to be on the same level.

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Re:Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction? by baybal2 on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:23PM (#25166361)

You now have 15+ potential opponents with standing armies big enough to win against anybody, but standing army of USA.

Attack them all, fully knowing that it will be a lottery of whose military will be more intact after?

Those who do, will be double idiots. Once for not shooting first, second for shooting last.

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