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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Quote:
Nuclear weapons while devastating for us are akin to shooting a paintball gun at an elephant. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. The bombs that were detonated were not for the most part what is around today....... Fat man and little boy were 20 and 15 kilotons..... The united state developed hydrogen bombs at 25 megatons, and the soviets as high as 50 ( and could have gone theoretically to 100 MT) . The total of all explosives used in WW2, including the 2 atomic bombs, was 3 megatons. 1 trident missile can carry 12 warheads, each contains 475 kilotons..... Each sub has 24 missiles...... Scary shit. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Realistically even with today's standard bombs, we don't have enough to completely destroy the earth. And it would take every bomb that every country owns to launch and land at once, strategically spaced to even put every living being at some level of minimal risk. Bomb designs use to be in the interest of fallout spread. But since even spending a few weeks in a shelter could mitigate it's purpose, the focus has been on air burst damage. So now bigger bombs with bigger boom, but smaller fallout radius. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Quote:
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#45
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Quote:
Wiki has a nice list, apparently we have released 500 megatons of nuclear bombs, earth has 30k nuclear warheads with 7000 total megatons ready to go right now. We don't even have enough nukes to kill everyone on the planet IMO. Nukes scared me when I was younger, not so much now... big ass bomb with shitty fallout... thats about it. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Quote:
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. One Ohio class submarine and its nuclear payload contain more firepower than all of the bombs and explosives used in ww2 by a factor of around 40. These boats have the ability to literally destroy a continent and change history. That is terrifying and awesome to behold, and a very sobering thought to a nation that might do something stupid. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Its awesome in the true sense of the word. Although if the Trident 2 (D5) is carrying its full payload of 12 mirvs, each warhead delivers a yield of "only" 100 kilotons each. The higher yield is on the lower number of warheads. Even so, 100 kilotons is still 5 times as powerful as the first fission bombs used on Japan, and would definitely spoil your day. Dont forget Russias Borei class submarines though; they are carrying the new Bulava missile, which can carry up to 8 warheads too. |
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Re: US and RUSSIA in Danger of Returning to Era of Nuclear Rivalry. Quote:
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