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9. Another world war with many countries full of nukes...

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 12:39 AM

Dec 16

And who knows which one of them *would* be desparate enough (the oligarchs who rule or the democratic ones) to fire the first shot, which *would* signal the start of a MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) catastrophe.

Scientists determined that two hundred nukes would suffice to wipe out life on the surface of this planet for millions of years (and that includes the human race).

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