IF during the cold war there had been a global nuclear war would that be the end for mankind?

Question

And if not what would the world have been like NOW if we had a full scale global Nuclear war say 25 years ago. Cheers.

Answer 1

Probably not. Under most likely scenarios, only the northern Hemisphere would have been destroyed. And even that, not completely. Humanity would have continued, mostly in the south temperate regions.

After 25 years, many of the areas of North America, Europe and Asia that were not within the direct blast radius would have been re-settled, though most cities would be too radioactive.

Answer 2

"i do no longer have confidence that humankind might have become extinct. " this is a shaggy dog tale, spectacular? during the top of the chilly conflict, the U. S. and Soviet Union had sufficient nuclear weapons to nuke each sq. inch of the earth approximately 4 cases over. and that they wouldnt only nuke one yet another. The Soviets might have likely nuked all of Western Europe alongside with Japan at the same time as u . s . a . of america might have likely nuked all of South jap Asia. particularly actually, the whole northern hemisphere of the international may well be ashes. and then of path the wind might take the ridiculously intense radiation ranges all international huge poisoning just about each individual in the international. and of path if the radiation didnt kill every person, all the dirt and debris kicked up into the ambience might create a Nuclear wintry climate that ought to block out the sunlight for hundreds of years starting to be an Ice Age which might make the international uninhabitable for human beings. So except there are bunkers that would shop human beings underground and fed for hundreds of years, the human race is screwed. i'm guessing even the final nuclear fallout shelters ought to purely final, on the main, some many years.

Answer 3

In the 1990 TTAPS Study "Climate and Smoke: An Appraisal of Nuclear Winter"

Assumed that in a full scale nuclear exchange with atleast half the worlds nuclear weapons being used ( 5,000 mega tons) and 1,000 cities being destroyed.

Estimated that the Temperature would drop from 3 to 4 degrees Celsius, and it would take 1 to 3 years for 45% of the smoke and airborne particulate to be stabilized in atmosphere . Ocean Temperature would fall 2 to 6 degrees Celsius.

That would be the Temperature decline into the range of Temperature decline that occurred during the Little Ice Age that began around 1300 AD.

Answer 4

Two-stage nuclear weapons (Thermonuclear or "Hydrogen" bombs) actually detonate more thoroughly than do fission bombs like the ones dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, if there would've been a 50 percent or so commitment of all the nuclear weapons in Asia, Europe, and North America, it would have had devastating ramifications. A "nuclear winter" would not be out of the realm of possibility, causing global crop failure due to climate change, not to mention mass extinctions.

I don't think everyone would have died, but things would have gotten really, really bad. Truly apocolyptical.

Answer 5

I could have been the end of mankind. The nuclear weapons they have now are much more powerful and radioactive then the ones used in Japan. I don't know if it would have happened 25 years ago, if we would have recovered at all.

Answer 6

Mankind is versitle, and would survive easily. For a great sci fiction read check out "Winter of Magic's Return" by Pamela Service which deals with a post nuclear world, staring Merlin.

Answer 7

It would have been the end of the world if you think only people from Russia, Europe and USA has humans.

There are countries like Australia, far off islands even scientists in Antarctica doing research. If something like that would have happened they would have reproduced and got it back. But global warming my friend would finish the man kind completely pretty soon. It is happening faster than we could adapt.

Answer 8

No as cellular structure deformation would have occured on a global scale and the fate of people would have been worse .Radiation never helps the body its destroys it and the Japanese have found that by changing dietary supplements it helps change molecular structure of the DNA and can break radiation molecules down what comes from nature can be cured by nature and now you know why they eat raw food .Animals can not cook and purity of the food or the DNA of food is not damage and changed by cooking it and the gut responds better but intestinal worms must be treated when eating raw food.

Answer 9

it pretty much would have wiped out 90% of mankind in the populas world.

The most remote areas, such as, Centeral Africa or So. America would be least affected, but would still have radio active fall-out which would cause radiation, birth defects, and mutations.

The dust in the air would drift over the entire atmosphere, and doesn't go away for 1000's of years.

It would drive some people underground to avoid the contaminated, crustated earth.

they would have lot's of ulcers, and skin damage, and hair loss.

it would affect food and crops, and haven't you seen the Movie-- THE DAY AFTER??/

Answer 10

A dead world because of the radiation. Spiders, it was thought, would survive because they are immune to it.