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drdeca
42 days ago
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The contagion of fear
What if the bombs were designed to kill everyone, not just those in some region? Like, to release polonium in the upper atmosphere or something?
stickfigure
41 days ago
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There just aren't enough existing nuclear bombs to kill everyone in Australia, let alone the world. On the scale of the earth, nuclear weapons just aren't that powerful.
mplanchard
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