All the data below is approximate, give or take. Because it is not the most important thing when considering the very principle of danger.
I decided to conduct a little investigation of my own. And what I write below is my personal opinion.
In total, more than
2624 nuclear explosions were carried out around the world from July 16, 1945, to July 29, 1996.
Note that the explosions occurred practically all over Russia. As if an atomic bombing had swept across the country.
In the mid-1950s, the international public began expressing concern about radioactive fallout resulting from these explosions. In March 1954, the United States tested its “Bravo” hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. This test led to the most serious radiological disaster in the history of United States testing. The local population of the Marshall Islands, American personnel stationed on Rongelap Atoll, and the Japanese fishing vessel Lucky Dragon were exposed to radioactive contamination.
Important to understand: American scientists were rapidly developing atomic weapons in order to beat the Nazis in Germany.
The German nuclear weapons program — Wikipedia
It is difficult even to imagine what would have happened if the fascists had invented the atomic bomb. At the same time, by the end of the war they were already firing intercontinental missiles at England. Few people know this. But history must be known.
So they were literally a hair’s breadth away from using atomic intercontinental missiles.
As far as I know, a feature film about this will be released soon.
There are also other films on this subject, for example:
Why am I saying all this now?
Because something resembling a nuclear war has already taken place in the world, as I wrote above, from July 16, 1945, to July 29, 1996.
Did anyone notice this? Did you, for example, notice?
2,624 nuclear explosions. Predominantly in the United States and the USSR.
And predominantly in one place. And, of course, at different times.
And it is clear that in a nuclear war, theoretically, everything could be activated at the same time.
But let’s do the math.
According to official data, there are currently around 14,000 warheads with nuclear charges in the world.
As stated above, just under 3,000 test atomic bombs were detonated over the course of 50 years.
Yes, that is fewer than 14,000. Yes, it was spread out over time.
But among these 14,000 there are literally microbombs, low-yield weapons. And they are also included in that figure of 14,000. These are literally very weak missiles, of course, if compared with the Tsar Bomba.
These are not Tsar Bombas. For example:
Tsar Bomba — Wikipedia
Which is currently the most powerful atomic bomb ever detonated on Planet Earth.
If someone asks you what the most powerful weapon on Earth was, you can confidently say that it was the Tsar Bomba.
It is a very terrifying bomb, but weapons like it are not being made today. All the warheads among those 14,000 are much weaker.
I emphasize once again that people will not be running around with clubs after a nuclear war. Any scientist will tell you that today.
Yes, it is terrible, like any war. But there will be no special catastrophe.
I state once again that all these nuclear missiles will not reach their destinations. Most of them will be destroyed by air defenses.
In all the films, they keep going on about what will happen if everyone launches nuclear missiles and they fall on cities.
They will not all fall. That is the point.
I already said this above. They will not even detonate. At most, 3–4 will fall on major cities such as Moscow and New York.
Remember the important word: megatons.
Because all bombs are the same. Atomic or non-atomic. It does not matter. Destruction is measured in megatons.
Moreover, take volcanoes, for example.
Here is an example:
The eruption of Krakatoa amounted to 200 megatons.
Here on Earth, without any bombs, we periodically get hit very hard. Volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes...
