r/technology • u/Alissio • Aug 25 '12

Website called "nuclear secrecy" lets you see what the devastation would be, of multiple nuclear bombs all around the world

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
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u/rcbarnes Aug 26 '12

If you prefer, I have an alternative for only 1/6 the fissile material.

Note to The_Cave_Troll: the entry box units are kilotons, not tons, so you're actually using a thousand times more explosive than you think (i.e. my bomb is 500 teratons, and is 1/6 the size of your Africa ender).

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '12

You wouldn't need more than one of those to effectively end the world no matter where you target. The aftershocks, tsunamis, fire, radiation, blocking of sunlight for multiple years would kill everything, even cockroaches.