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I don't see how it would be "the end of the world" worst case scenario is that it would push us back roughly to the year 1850. People that are in good health and that know how to hunt/fish, grow food, and can defend themselves will be OK.
Rather than reverting to 1850, why not temporarily move to another country and remain in the 21st century.
Science Fiction. We have MUCH more to worry about when Yellowstone blows it's top.
"n total Mount St. Helens released 24 megatons of thermal energy, 7 of which were a direct result of the blast. This is equivalent to 1,600 times the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima."
All of NK's stuff - which they could not deliver with precision anyway, pales in comparison.
Biggest NK threat is to SK......both nuke and conventional.
Much more plausible and probable that they would use their missile systems on closer targets. Their goalis to put the peninsula under one rule. From Pyongyang. With the little Pokeman in charge. Trying to hit the US directly is pretty .....ambitious. If Kim orders slinging nukes even just in their region against SK and maybe Japan He'll find his country an his army turned to slag and ash.
With what's been going on with Kim and NK I do believe there's plenty of force that he and all of we public types don't even know about. Common sense tells me there's at least a couple boomer subs hiding with pride very much within range of NK And despite the problems we've been having with missile frigates and commercial maritime traffic we still have a very significant surface vessel strike force in the region.
I also have my doubts that NK has the technology to detonate an EMP device against the US. That's really high tech stuff. All Kim's blustering and threats over rates his capabilities when it comes to nukes. And totally under rates just what he's up against. He could do a lot of damage to the South and Japan. But he's not taking into account that we (being the US) could surgically remove his country and him from the planet. If he uses nukes we won't have any choice but to do so. China wouldn't be to happy with that but they couldn't do much if Kim tries using nukes and makes the first move.
NK has developed technology that is scary in their hands. Kim and his generals may just be nuts enough to think they can get away with using it. Even if NK actually could hit the mainland US with something his country will still be reduced to ash. Kim is way out of his league in nuclear warfare. But if he starts it, what happens next should scare any sane person.
Rather than reverting to 1850, why not temporarily move to another country and remain in the 21st century.
Uh; anything big enough to take out all of the US would also take out Canada, LatAm, Europe, Asia and so on. Fallout and radiation do NOT obey borders.
Uh; anything big enough to take out all of the US would also take out Canada, LatAm, Europe, Asia and so on. Fallout and radiation do NOT obey borders.
You mean it would take out North Korea too? Why would North Korea take out itself?
Edited to add: I read One Second Later some time ago. I don’t recall any radiation from the EMP. Now, if the bomb wasn’t an EMP and had hit the ground, that’s a different story. This article describes the fallout range for 10 different U.S. cities:
You mean it would take out North Korea too? Why would North Korea take out itself?
Edited to add: I read One Second Later some time ago. I don’t recall any radiation from the EMP. Now, if the bomb wasn’t an EMP and had hit the ground, that’s a different story. This article describes the fallout range for 10 different U.S. cities:
yep ex meaning has been, spurt meaning drip under pressure. pknopp is expert.
It doesn't take an expert to understand that N. Korea's ability to do this is somewhere less than zero. They can't even keep the lights on.
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