2007-12-15 21:29:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Nuclear physicists and authors have speculated that nuclear holocaust could result in an end to human life, or at least to modern civilization on Earth due to the immediate effects of nuclear fallout.
In other words, if the actual blast from the nukes don't kill you, the radiation afterwards will. If that doesn't, that fact that there won't be enough of any ecosystem to sustain you or anyone else probably will.
Odds are, it would end human civilization, but would certainly irrevocable change it: the EM shockwave from the blasts would take out most modern technology and the very few survivors would be back to the stone age.
If that doesn't kill them, skynet will send the terminators.
2007-12-15 21:56:16 · answer #1 · answered by Entropy is for sheep 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope, thats a myth.
People forget that there have been over 700 above ground nuclear explosions so far, and another 1,000 or so, below ground nuclear explosions.
Were still here aren't we ?
In the largest study ever done about the effects of a full scale nuclear war,
Back when both the US and Russia had over 10,000 warheads each.
The study concluded that it would result in a nuclear winter, that would last approx 3 years. With average global tempatures droopping around 3 to 5 degrees F.
Then the particulate matter in the atmosphere would clear and the global tempature would start increasing again.
Even that wasn't enough to destroy life on earth.
Now, we have alot less nuclear weapons and delivery systems, than we had back then.
The US and Russia signed a treaty in 2002, to reduce the stock pile of nuclear wepons to 2,200 each.
But neither side has the ability to actually launch, delivery and detonate anywhere near that number of warheads.
So the effects would be greatly reduced from that study, where they calculated that 14,000 nuclear weapons would be used.
2007-12-16 12:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope.
'They say' that there are enough nukes to destroy the world several times over. But, realistically, life wouldn't be totally destroyed.
At a minimum, the bacteria that live off of radiation would still be around.
2007-12-15 21:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by energeticthinker 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
US alone can destroy life on earth 5 times over.
2007-12-16 11:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by Slientkilling 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, some life somewhere would survive, I'm willing to bet that will include people, we know what we need to do to survive. Remember this planet has been hit by massive objects from space, but life get on going.
2007-12-16 02:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by Think for yourself 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Many times over!!! While I was in the navy, I helped load enough nuclear missiles on submarines to kill every human being on the planet, and there are many, many more nukes than that in this world.
2007-12-15 22:35:24 · answer #6 · answered by Monk 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No the world will live...there is not enought TNT to spread the radiation....perhaps 1/3 of the world ( Human loss and other creatures ) as we know it...science does not lie people lie.
2007-12-15 21:42:34 · answer #7 · answered by wolfchief 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yup; not pleasant to think about but we could destroy the planet at any time.
If it helps; people of my generation grew up under the fear that it could happen any time.
It is easy to blame Bush or Clinton; depending on which party you belong to; but trust me; this mess predates them.
2007-12-15 21:34:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
human life several times over.dont worry cockroaches would survive
2007-12-15 23:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by Bob D 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Easily .The USA can do all by thierself
2007-12-15 21:33:26 · answer #10 · answered by bill 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋