Russia recently reignited fears about the possibility of nuclear war. A conflict of this type would be catastrophic for the Earth, since the magnitude of the projectiles could cause 90 million deaths in just hours.
But in addition to those killed by the initial explosions, a nuclear war between Russia and the US would later trigger a world famine that would wipe out almost two-thirds of the world’s population, which is around 8 billion.
Currently nine nations control more than 13,000 nuclear weapons. None of these countries is in Latin America.
Only on two occasions have atomic bombs been used on the population. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ordered by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, against the Empire of Japan.
These attacks took place on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, contributing to the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. It is estimated that these bombs killed 246,000 people: 166,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki.. Of this number, half died in the days of the bombing, the rest died later from injuries or radiation.
The possibility of nuclear war grew during the Cold War., to the point that Queen Elizabeth II had a speech ready to announce to her subjects the tragic news, which fortunately never happened. At present, fears have resurfaced after threats from Vladimir Putin, in the midst of his invasion of Ukraine.
Nuclear bombs are catastrophic in the extreme. In any case, it must be taken into account that the Little Boy and Fat Man bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had powers of 16 and 25 kilotons, respectively. That is to say, much less powerful than the Tsar Bomb, of 50 megatons (between 2,400 and 3,000 times more powerful than the artifacts launched in Japan).
In past decades, many tests were carried out on the explosive capacity of atomic or nuclear bombs. But now, with today’s technology, you can check what would be the scope of the impact in the various areas of the world.
This is made possible by a tool created by the Outrider Foundation, a nonprofit media organization that provides analysis and opinion on security, policy, and social justice. In any case, although it can give an idea of the impact that a nuclear bomb would cause, this is not a precision instrument.
The simulator allows you to choose the location and type of bomb and returns results on the number of fatalities, the number of injured, the radius of heat that the detonation of the weapon would generate, the range of the shock wave, the maximum radius of the fireball and how far the generated radiation would spread. .
In this way, the result can be observed if a Tsar Bomb, created by the Soviet Union, explode over Guayaquil or Quito, for example.
According to this simulator, such an explosion in the Main Port and its surroundings would leave 2,426,527 people dead, and 307,031 injured.
The explosion would generate a fireball of 113.31 square kilometers. Additionally, the heat radius would be 8,289.25 square kilometers, which would cause severe or fatal third-degree burns to anyone within this radius. So too, the shock wave would reach 893.65 square kilometersenough pressure to destroy most buildings.
In any case, of those who survive the heat and shock wave, 50% to 90% could die hours or weeks later from radiation poisoning. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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