I appreciate the way the book teaches the realities of nuclear war. Some interesting things I picked up from the myth/fact section:
-Food & water isn't contaminated unless fallout particles enter into it. Thus any food/water stored in airtight containers is safe to consume.
-The US & Russia likely don't have enough nuclear firepower to kill every human being on earth (a commonly cited "fact"). This is based off of misleading calculations.
-Within a couple of weeks, fallout radiation would be reduced to the point that most people could leave their shelters.
-A bomb said to be 1,000x more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima is not 1,000x more deadly or destructive (16x more deadly is apparently more accurate)
-"Nuclear winter" is a discredited myth propagated by de-nuclearization supporters.
-Airburst nuclear weapons produce basically 0 fallout. The bomb has to burst on the surface to pick up particles of earth and debris to create fallout.
Nuclear war doesn't seem so bad now! :D
-Food & water isn't contaminated unless fallout particles enter into it. Thus any food/water stored in airtight containers is safe to consume.
-The US & Russia likely don't have enough nuclear firepower to kill every human being on earth (a commonly cited "fact"). This is based off of misleading calculations.
-Within a couple of weeks, fallout radiation would be reduced to the point that most people could leave their shelters.
-A bomb said to be 1,000x more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima is not 1,000x more deadly or destructive (16x more deadly is apparently more accurate)
-"Nuclear winter" is a discredited myth propagated by de-nuclearization supporters.
-Airburst nuclear weapons produce basically 0 fallout. The bomb has to burst on the surface to pick up particles of earth and debris to create fallout.
Nuclear war doesn't seem so bad now! :D