(01-25-2017, 01:34 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:Quote:People have done the math with no agenda aforethought. Guess what. WW3 would not be the end of the world.
Correct. Nuclear winter is grossly overhyped, studies done by RAND, Kahn, and others have shown that casualties, while horrific, would not kill the majority of the population.
But it would be The End of the World as We Know It.
It depends on the scale. Most calculations assumed a counterforce model. But counterforce isn't a real strategy against an external enemy--it was directed against and internal opponent--the US Navy.