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Map of the US after losing world war 3 (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"fun" fact: we could never actually glass the earth, but with the success of disarmament work we're at the point where, with perfect geometry, ideal yields, and a generous definition of "glass" the biggest country we could do that to is Luxembourg.

The moral of the story: strategic arms reduction treaties work, they're just very slow.

[–] 5wim@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure about that fact, there are thousands of active warheads. Do you have a source?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Math.
Our typical warhead (100kt) leaves a 200m radius crater if used to maximize the crater size. (Experiment in using nukes for mining and terrain shaping). We have less than 6000. 6000 π (0.2 km)^2^ ~ 6000(0.125km^2^ ) ~ 754km^2^ < 2,586 km^2^.

Nukes are dangerous because (other than the obvious) of what they do to the air, not the ground.

[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I understand that; the expression isn't literal; and we never had enough nukes to glass the surface of earth regardless of arms reduction treaties.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

You'd be surprised how many people don't. It's a good fun fact, and I stand by supporting arms reduction regardless. :)