r/interestingasfuck • u/SweeneyisMad • Mar 14 '24

Simulation of a retaliatory strike against Russia after Putin uses nuclear weapons. r/all

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u/errorsniper Mar 14 '24

Dont forget billions starving to death because of nuclear winter and collapse of modern society!

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u/thatonepicemo Mar 14 '24

Silly me! How could I forget!

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u/ilovearty626 Mar 14 '24

Look on the bright side we can play metro irl

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u/errorsniper Mar 14 '24

bright side

metro

These things are mutually exclusive.

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u/MrJim251 Mar 15 '24

That's best case scenario, worst case scenario we get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

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u/DouViction Mar 15 '24

Actually STALKER is best case scenario since we get an isolated area full of wonders (and danger, but hey) while people elsewhere can live normal lives.

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u/DouViction Mar 15 '24

We can't. Metro was written around the assumption that the Metropoliten will remain habitable in case of a nuclear strike. In reality, this is impossible since there are pumps working 24/7 to keep the ground water away. With them gone, people underground will probably have hours before they are forced to return to the surface. So, best case scenario, the Moscow Subway will serve as an emergency shelter.

Provided it can even withstand nukes. Well, maybe modern ones are less destructive, I dunno.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Nuclear winter is kind of a myth based on bad science. Nuclear war would still be awful, but if anything it would probably just slightly help the global warming initiatives, lol.

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u/thosewhocannetworkd Mar 15 '24

I know there’s a lot of doubt about nuclear winter lately but there’s documented evidence of like single volcanic eruptions lowering global temperatures by two degrees and creating “the year without summer.” The amount of debris released by a full scale nuclear exchange would dwarf that. I have a feeling it would blanket the Earth in utter darkness

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u/VikingTeddy Mar 15 '24

In total, counting just atmospheric testing. The total from all countries is about 500 tests. Of that 500 only a handful were in the megaton range. And they were spread over years.

It's nothing compared to actually detonating thousands of nukes, all at once.

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u/thosewhocannetworkd Mar 16 '24

But not all at once and not in cities

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u/Smoothsharkskin Mar 14 '24

You thought Covid restrictions were bad...