Re:The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Nuke
by adventured on Thursday April 02, 2015 @04:35AM
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Tsar's destructive force was incredible, but I think it bothers me a lot more that the US built 500 B41 bombs with a 25Mt yield during that era. What's the functional destructive difference between 50Mt and 25Mt? Zilch, any practical target hit by it is gone.
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Re:The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Nuke
by Synaesthesia on Thursday April 02, 2015 @06:43AM
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It's incredibly bothersome. We still have the ability to annihilate the whole human race, instantly,
I think it is not possible to eradicate all human race with current nuclear bombs. Some would survive.
Re:The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Nuke
by spacemanmatt on Thursday April 02, 2015 @09:21AM
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I agree it would be hard to be sure you had gotten every last one, but it would be easy to ensure that the survivors live in a new stone age with nuclear fallout making most of the earth uninhabitable for people, if not most life. I've been somewhat amazed at how resilient the biome around Chernobyl has shown itself to be, but I'm sobered by the measurable losses attributable to it that accident as well.