The day of nuclear Armageddon: Newly declassified documents reveal in macabre minute-by-minute detail what the end of the world would like. And why those vaporised instantly by an atomic bomb will be the lucky ones...

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 6, 2024 | Annie Jacobsen

[COBOL2Java]

I’ve played Fallout, and this is a lie.

Good game

[Bob434]

Had radiation on my arm for weeks on end. The treatments covered from the wrist to the elbow! Arm looked fine until the last 3 sessions when it started to hurt/burn, was red.

Then about a week after treatments stopped, the arm got grotesque looking- blisters, weeping sores, and was quite painful. A year later and I still have a “tan” from the treatments, and skin is splotchy and weird looking.

Cant imagine being radiation burned over the whole body- those who wont be instantly killed will be in for a world of pain if they survive nuke attacks.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Well; this is stupid.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Goodness, this information has been available since 1945-1956. There are plenty of websites that simulate large yield explosions with high accuracy.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Thank you. Best post of this thread. I’m just on my way home from of our famous Tokyo rock n roll bars where we get all the good stuff. Suffocation will be here on Friday and Saturday and I’ll be there too.

[A strike]

Moron Annie Jacobsen, heat cannot travel at the speed of light.

-fJRoberts-

[pfflier]

None of this is new. Its a staged rehash prior to an election much like "The Day After" designed to sway voters away from President Reagan by implying he would start a nuclear war.

[baclava]

Russian MIRVs only produce half the output, so 500kt or so, most other places might be more survivable

[central_va]

There is no scenario where a first strike will/would be successful.

[usconservative]

I hope I die instantly. I wouldn’t want to live in this world after

[Nervous Tick]

>> Newly declassified documents reveal in macabre minute-by-minute detail what the end of the world would like.

Hmmm... “the experts” figured out what would happen minute-by-minute, did they?

Well, after all I’ve seen lately I certainly trust “the experts”, so I’m sure those documents are true, correct and complete.

[dfwgator]

Just watch the movie “Threads”.

[FrankRizzo890]

“A millisecond of brilliant light and we’re vaporized. Much more fortunate than millions who wander sightless through the smoldering aftermath.” - Professor Falken

[Mariner]

This is why we have TACAMO.

https://archive.navalsubleague.org/2008/articles-tacamo-the-survivable-finger-on-the-trigger

[Tymesup]

If I remember correctly, Clinton issued a PDD that we would retaliate upon missile impact, rather than launch.

[al baby]

I wonder if David learned to swim ?

[bigbob]

Airbursts make the best EMP. The country would be depopulated in a matter of weeks.

[USAF1985]

Where I work...this is our textbook:
https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/effects/glasstone-dolan.html

[FrankRizzo890]

I hope so! What kind of @$$hole grows up in Seattle and doesn’t learn to swim?

[dpetty121263]

I just do not see Bye-Bye Biden doing anything other than surrendering...