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cstanleytech

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19. That would depend upon the type and where they were all detonated.

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 10:57 PM

Aug 2018

What would more likely to cause mass starvation though is not nuclear winter but simply the disruption in trade and of the shipping of food.
Countries like China and India would feel the effects first followed by the others depending on how dependent each country is on importing food.

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That many nukes would starve a billion people globally NickB79 Aug 2018 #4

That would depend upon the type and where they were all detonated. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #19

The study quoted points to a very grim scenario NickB79 Aug 2018 #20

That's why I said it would depend on the type we are discussing and where they were detonated. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #21

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