How did humanity make it this far? Asking for a friend.

"I ask this question seriously"
No you don't. You asked in a cutesy hip way, "for a friend".

a reply to: FlyingFox

a reply to: FlyingFox

Imagine what they have created secretly. That
50 megaton bomb was scaled down from
100 megatons.

We've made it this far because basically there is no money in destroying the world.

a reply to: Blue Shift

Thanks for your service. I'm just catching up, but I'll leave this here for now...

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WASHINGTON -- One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third Air Force member admitted, "I absolutely just loved altering my mind." Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal who used '___' both on and off base.

Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen '___' and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming. After investigators closed in, one airman deserted to Mexico.

a reply to: 11SK1180

There's no theoretical limit to the "size" of a nuclear bomb. Which is pretty scary.

There's a lot of environmentalist and anti-military propaganda surrounding nukes. Even if there were a wide-ranging nuclear exchange, it wouldn't end our species.

Obviously that doesn't mean it's okay, but this talk of human extinction was never based on science.

Don't believe me that it's a lot of hype? Go back and watch coverage of the Fukishima disaster. These #s in the media made it sound like people on the west coast of the US were gonna be growing 3rd eyes.

"Radiation here is 5x background!" they would tell you with zero context, because if they told you background is extraordinarily low, so 5x background is still extraordinarily low and well below dangerous levels, you'd shrug and move on with your day and they wouldn't get the ratings.

originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: 11SK1180

There's no theoretical limit to the "size" of a nuclear bomb. Which is pretty scary.

True, but there's a practical limit to the size that you could successfully deploy. Unless you were planning on nuking yourself, like in a Dead Hand scenario.