This Is What a Nuclear Strike Would Feel Like: A Precise Simulation

In the case of a nuclear showdown between the US and the Soviet Union, certain generations may have been trained to hide under desks in the classroom, but most of us today can believe that we will endure many opportunities if we find ourselves near an exploded missile. Still, the potential effects of a nuclear blast repeat the bear. new york The era The above video It not only communicates verbally but also visually, and derives information from interviews with military officials and computer scientists who say they are speeding up towards the next nuclear weapons race.

The last nuclear weapons race may be bad enough, but the related technology has advanced quite a bit since the Cold War. This is set to resume once the last major arms treaty between the US and Russia expires within a year. Don’t worry about worrying about Arsenal as a whole. One missile is enough to do much more damage than you might imagine. That’s the scenario assumed in the video: “Travel at a fierce speed”, the nuclear explodes the target city, and “everyone in the range is temporarily blinded. Then, a 9,000 tonnes of TNT roar appears, creating a fireball “hotter than the surface of the sun”. And that’s just the beginning of trouble.

Destructive “explosion waves” come from the location of the explosion. The air is full of “dust and glass fragments,” and even difficult to breathe can be fatal. What’s worse, “There’s no help along the way. Healthcare workers in nearby areas are dead or injured.” For survivors, “radiation disease, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea” begins. Some of the most lethal effects do not appear for weeks. “The immediate sacrifice of this one warhead has killed thousands and been exponentially injured. Damage to the ecosystem remains for years.” Certainly, as evidenced in the video’s current top comments, the extent of damage is too big to contemplate without resorting to narrowing down humor.

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