Submitted by christian on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 15:49
The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should and can be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war.
The shockwave and heat that the detonation of a single nuclear weapon creates can end the lives of millions of people immediately. But even larger is the devastation that would follow a nuclear war.
The first reason for this is nuclear fallout. Radioactive dust from the detonating bombs rises up into the atmosphere and spreads out over large areas of the world from where it falls down and causes deadly levels of radiation.
