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Effects of a Rapid Fire Nuclear Weapon on the Environment
One of the weapons I'm planning on having a character use in a sci-fi world is a rapid fire nuclear autocannon. While the strategic use of nuclear weapons is common on inter-galactic battlefields, an ...
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What is the climate like 200 years after nuclear war?
I know there would probably be an ash-based cooling period, but, how long would that last and then what happens? Is the post-apocalyptic desert even possible in a post-nuclear war world?
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How much alteration would be needed for the Cuban Missile Crisis to go nuclear? [closed]
My story takes place centuries in the future, in the year 2567. Over 600 years ago, during 1962, an all out nuclear war broke out. Most modern day historians believe it to have occurred in autumn, but ...
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How long would a nuclear war likely last? [closed]
In my world, the United States, Soviet Union, European Union, and Populated sections of Asia are all involved in a nuclear war. Their are about 32,000 warheads fired, an in total, 3,000 megatons of ...
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How to explain why there was no military presence after the apocalypse? [closed]
In the year twenty-hundred and sixty eight (2068) commie demons rose up from the underground and scorched the United States, and the United States Kingdom demons rose up from the underground and ...
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How can the human race disappear in a few days? [duplicate]
Is it possible to eradicate the human race in one week? And if yes, by which way?
Of course, the human race should do everything to survive. What could be more powerful than our will to survive?
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How would societies change after nuclear war?
So, a nuclear war happens and wiped out 80 % of humanity, along with all the cities. How would societies change after nuclear war?
There are no mutants.
There are about 150 raider gangs in North ...
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What countries would most likely be targeted in a total-nuclear war? [closed]
In an alternate timeline, the Soviet Union doesn’t fall like it does in our universe, and the US and USSR stay enemies until the year 2068, when nuclear war breaks out between the United and the USSR. ...
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Why would a group chose to remain raiders?
In a post-apocalyptic world, survival is often difficult. In the first few decades after the apocalypse, living in permanent settlements was dangerous because of roaming creatures and bandit gangs, ...
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Why might aliens want to start the apocalypse? [closed]
There is a group of aliens, called the Erubians, who often go out to study and experiment on species less developed than them. They are a type 2 civilization, and their main goal is to study all ...
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How much would it cost to build 100 fallout shelters? [closed]
In 2068, before a nuclear war starts, a company backed by the federal government decides to build a bunch of shelters to protect some of the population from the coming apocalypse.
My question is how ...
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Ways to significantly reduce critical mass for U235, or make U238 fissile?
If I manage to increase the neutron generated from fission reaction by 100 times, will that reduce critical mass of U235 to 1/100?
Similarly, if I can increase neutron's energy, will it make U238 ...
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Neutron bomb vs Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR)
A spaceship like this is traveling in the space:
Let's say, that its 100 meters long. Its crew module have 5 cm of lead shielding, the 80 m long propellant tank is full of liquid hydrogen, and at the ...
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Surviving a Nuclear Strike
What's the warning time on a nuclear strike in a modern country like America? How long would the average citizen have before the first nukes struck down?
Also, what's the best strategy to survive a ...
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How do I prevent the immediate use of nuclear weapons? [closed]
In the modern world, World War III is a near impossibility, and the Cold War has shown us that Mutually Assured Destruction prevents a large war between super powers from occurring. Sure there have ...
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