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MrRodgers -> RE: The world will end this weekend.... (11/9/2016 5:14:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
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ORIGINAL: WhoreMods
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
We at least for all you non-survivalist types, I have a perfectly good, cold war era, former military structure that will handle the near miss of a thermonuclear device and provide for safe living until the radiation levels fall to a safe level.
You do know that when you people come out of those things you'll be the only uncontaminated source of fresh meat left?
[;)]
Actually, considering the local air force base is no longer a viable nuclear wing, and in fact the nearest military facility that would be considered a potential target is Nebraska, that pretty much keeps the heavier (and deadlier) fallout potential well north of my area.
To go even further, the current (with the exceptions of Pakistan and India, possibly North Korea) nuclear arsenals are all thermonuclear or fusion devices. This limits the total heavy particle contamination zone to within a radius of 10 miles from ground zero, and the total lethal zone to less than fifty miles from ground zero.
This is of course figuring that the players would limit targets to those of military or strategic value and not the carpet bomb the other guy targeting plan, or the 'grand tour' scenario.
Lets say for example, New York City took a direct hit from a single 10 megaton device, on central park.
Total devastation would pretty much eliminate everything on Manhattan Island, so the five boroughs would be gone. The total zero life contamination zone would pretty much take in everything for a 50 mile radius, so Newark, and a large chunk of Long Island.
The rest of the problem would depend on which way the wind is blowing, but it is a given that the corridor from Richmond to Boston would pretty much be cratered.
Going west, figure most of the great lakes port cities, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas city, Omaha, Denver, Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, Phoenix, Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle.
Since the US Air Force decided to move their nuclear strike wings to Nebraska and the Dakotas, pretty much ended the threat the local base had, hell its now a B1 training base and a C130 base. They dont even have conventional bombs on the post anymore.
Well N. Korea has only 10-12 Kt HERE
Pakistan has only 300-500 Kt. an estimate from the dr. HERE
I seriously doubt Indian nukes are any threat.
So both of them are a very, very small fraction of 10 Mt.
Oh and 40 miles from a 10 Mt would still blind you if you looked at the ball and and also cause 3rd degree burns.
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