NuClearly Put - Understanding Consequences of - Breakdown of Nuclear Deterrence

Of course, the yield of the warhead, height of detonation, weather, geographical conditions, the time of day or night when the detonation takes place, the amount of material available at ground zero that could fuel the fire, etc., would have a bearing on the extent of the impact. [...] These include the “significant economic disruption of the aggressor nation and acute food insecurity for a significant fraction of the population,” leading to the destabilisation of society.4 Another report shows the possibility of ‘synchronous failure’ owing to the increase in the scale and speed of connectivity between human technological, economic, and social systems that have increased the siz. [...] Of course, the scale of a possible nuclear winter will be determined by the scale of the nuclear war, the extent of firestorms generated, the amount of material that burns, the amount of soot injected into the atmosphere, global geographic variations, etc. [...] Knowledge of the impact of nuclear use should make nations realise the folly of building large numbers, touting the ideas of easy nuclear use, and notions of victory through nuclear war fighting. [...] This would be in the interest of nuclear deterrence in the near term, and hopefully enable the possibility of universal nuclear disarmament in the long term.