Prez and TFP, thank you for the education. I sit corrected. Nuclear armaments have never been of interest to me outside of Boomers (the subs, not the generation).
As for "nuclear winter", it's theory without a testable hypothesis. And, as I pointed out, there is no current superpower that is willing to engage in a MAD event. Tactical strikes maybe but that would be an extreme last resort. Tactical strikes would not cause a extinction level human event.
Would people survive a tacnuke strike? Absolutely, especially if you are nowhere near the blast zone.
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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