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Anonymous		 Whoa slow down there
Dec 23 2006, 9:45 AM EST
OK Lets start basic here.
The smaller a device is the less it damages everything.
Anyone disagree? No? Good

Now fall out is going to happen with any device of this class. How much depends on size. How bad depends on how close to the ground. And what kind of ground.
Anyone that tells you that 10 20KT bombs will kick off a "Nuclear Winter" is completely ignorant of what a Nuclear Winter is let alone what it would take to create one. The bomb that was dropped on the bikini islands had more explosive force then all of these bombs combined. Why did we not have a "Nuclear Winter" then? Get over it! Yes fallout can be dangerous, and yes it would suck to be in the range of ANY fallout. But the end of the world? Heck no. Even if you were in a fallout zone you would have to ride it out say two months tops and then it would be safe to get out of the area. The radiation levels would have subsided to a less then lethal level by then. BTW those numbers are based on crowd pleasers of 20MT not tactical nukes.
It is entirely possible that tactical nukes would not even be noticed on the larger scale of things. Have you ever been to a location where a nuke has gone off? I have. I stood outside and walked all around it. And when I got back my dosimeter registered NOTHING. Now I grant you that it was the first atomic blast ever but less then 60 years later all effects are gone.
To much public education.
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Six-Actual		 RE: Whoa slow down there
Mar 28 2008, 2:23 PM EDT
"OK Lets start basic here.
The smaller a device is the less it damages everything.
Anyone disagree? No? Good

Now fall out is going to happen with any device of this class. How much depends on size. How bad depends on how close to the ground. And what kind of ground.
Anyone that tells you that 10 20KT bombs will kick off a "Nuclear Winter" is completely ignorant of what a Nuclear Winter is let alone what it would take to create one. The bomb that was dropped on the bikini islands had more explosive force then all of these bombs combined. Why did we not have a "Nuclear Winter" then? Get over it! Yes fallout can be dangerous, and yes it would suck to be in the range of ANY fallout. But the end of the world? Heck no. Even if you were in a fallout zone you would have to ride it out say two months tops and then it would be safe to get out of the area. The radiation levels would have subsided to a less then lethal level by then. BTW those numbers are based on crowd pleasers of 20MT not tactical nukes.
It is entirely possible that tactical nukes would not even be noticed on the larger scale of things. Have you ever been to a location where a nuke has gone off? I have. I stood outside and walked all around it. And when I got back my dosimeter registered NOTHING. Now I grant you that it was the first atomic blast ever but less then 60 years later all effects are gone.
To much public education.
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The first H-bomb test was known as the "Mike" shot, and it was as large as a tractor-trailer, and it was not, nor could be dropped due to it's size. Furthermore, the scenario for a Nuclear Winter would require hundreds of nukes being detonated over a short period of time, to a great many targets all over the globe.

Air bursts cause the most destruction and instant exposure to radiation vs. a surface burst which would cause more radioactive fallout., but less blast damage. Then there's the sub-surface burst....ehhh.....I'm rambling now.

I was at site of the "Trinity" shot many years ago....a lot of glass! 3  out of 3 found this valuable. Do you?