nuclear warfare

cockroaches

It is popularly suggested that cockroaches will “inherit the earth” if humanity destroys itself in a nuclear war. While cockroaches do, indeed, have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with a lethal dose perhaps six to 15 times that for humans, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to other insects, such as the fruit fly.

fallout

Nuclear bomb detonation produces a small amount of local I-131 fallout. Most I-131 distributes over large distances, typically with only 10% making its way to the earth’s surface before undergoing spontaneous radioactive decay to stable xenon-131.

Fidel Castro

I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution. Fidel Castro as quoted in “Castro Wanted a Nuclear Strike” in The New York Times (October 23, 1992)

films

from orbit

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. Ripley, Aliens

game

Missile Command (Atari 2600)

history

Was the Internet created to survive a nuclear strike? (siliconfolklore.com) This is the story of the various histories of the Internet, where they came from and which ones are real.

mention

How Gorbachev’s political legacy was destroyed by Putin (theguardian.com) Mikhail Gorbachev lived long enough to see everything he had tried to achieve crumble or get blown up.

potential escalation

Operation Midnight Hammer

random

brain in a vat

survival book

Nuclear War Survival Skills

tags

war

Wikipedia

Nuclear warfare (Wikipedia) Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can produce destruction in a much shorter time and can have a long-lasting radiological result. A major nuclear exchange would likely have long-term effects, primarily from the fallout released, and could also lead to secondary effects, such as “nuclear winter”, nuclear famine, and societal collapse. A global thermonuclear war with Cold War-era stockpiles, or even with the current smaller stockpiles, may lead to various scenarios including the extinction of the human species.

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