nuclear war

[spanky]

i thought it was already discussed in another thread that one nuke is not gonna blow the US off the face of the earth. it'll prolly knock out a city or two tho.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

there used to be a web site that simulated blast radius of nukes... you could punch in the city, and the size of the nuke and where you live, and it would tell you the damage, casualties, etc.... i am too tired to find it. i am sure its out there.

 

[AgentDib]

I think the question should be refined to something remotely realistic such as:

If the goverment knew that Canadian agents were going to set off an atomic weapon in downtown Seattle in 20 minutes- would they make it public?

The answer should be yes but i'm pretty sure it would be no. It's possible they might announce an evacuation of seattle but probably only in the framework of a drill or an unspecified threat. The mass panic and hysteria that would result if they said "There's an atomic weapon exploding in 20 minutes in seattle" would deter them from any specific comments.

 

[RU482]

Maybe I read the first post too fast....

Did it say something about the government getting a 20 min lunch?

 

[Ylen13]

Reason I asked is I have family members all over USA and let say they lunch nuclear boom at Los Angels I feel I should have a chances to say good buy to my family members on east coast.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
the bomb won't reach us. it would be shot down.

its not possible to shoot a missile down once its launched.

 

[ManSnake]

Dude, a nucular lunch would be fun. For the last 20 min of my life, I would have sex with 20 hot women, that would be time well spent!

 

[SherEPunjab]

Ylen13, i take it you are not a native speaker, in that case,

www.m-w.com is your friend.

and its launch

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Ylen13
well if russia send it we would all be dead. Btw how lond dose it take to lunch a missle after we detech a missle being lunched at us

lol, funniest post I've read in a while

 

[dxkj]

its not possible to shoot a missile down once its launched.

Then why are we wasting all our money on NMD program against ICBMS and shooting them down?


And correct me if im wrong, we have had a few rare successful shoot downs?

 

[Balthazar]

Originally posted by: dxkj

its not possible to shoot a missile down once its launched.

Then why are we wasting all our money on NMD program against ICBMS and shooting them down?


And correct me if im wrong, we have had a few rare successful shoot downs?

It's not "rare". The ratio is off, definitely, but it's still being DEVELOPED. What always irks me is how people always say "its a failure" even though it's not complete, and with each test they get better. So dumb.

 

[IGBT]

Good idea..we'll have lunch before the incoming lands.

 

The Gov't won't tell us, they'd be too busy trying to prevent the detonation of the bomb, or blowing up the country that sent it. That being said, a couple hundred-thousand warheads would have to launched to obliterate the whole country, so your idea is not very feasable.

You really need to read more before posting.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

20 minutes is enough time to hit it twice if you're fast.

or for the religious ones, to pray for forgiveness. or whatever.

of course, in those 20 minutes the idiots will be running around and looting tv's lololololol

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I don't think it would matter because WTH am I going to do w/ 20 minutes to live

I know what I would be doing! Going out the way I have always wanted to go out....doing the horizontal mambo with my loved one.