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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| On Tactical Nukes. The Russian View |
| 2024-05-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Text taken from the V Kontakte age of Reports from the New Russia militia. [VK] 05.21.24. A note from the Military Informant channel. Usually, when a conversation begins about the possible combat use of nuclear weapons, many people immediately begin to imagine pictures of vast territories, where dosimeters begin to make loud noise, and people quickly die from radiation sickness, etc. But what if we look at reality? The USA and USSR have accumulated a large amount of data on explosions of various nuclear devices of different powers under different conditions. Therefore, it is possible to reliably simulate the radiation consequences of the use of any nuclear weapon. For example, destroying some particularly strong underground target, the task is simple. Let's assume that we are simulating the consequences of the arrival of a "Dagger" with a nuclear warhead on some General Cloutier in a bunker somewhere in the thickness of the Carpathian rocks. Fortunately, everything was done before us and a long time ago. We open the American work "Countering Proliferation, or Compounding It?" and look at the schedule for nuclear bombs to destroy bunkers. The principle is the same, it will do. Vertically, the contaminated area in which, within 48 hours, a person continuously outside sealed capital buildings or protective structures will receive a dose level of 150 Rem (Roentgen equivalent man - the Russian analogue is the Biological equivalent of X-rays, Rem) or higher. 100-200 rem received in a short period of time is the dose at which a mild form of radiation sickness usually occurs. Horizontal depth of charge detonation. And three graphs of the dependence of the contamination area on the depth: for charges of 0.3, 1 and 10 kilotons (kt), respectively. The maximum area of such radioactive contamination at 0.3 kt is only 10 sq km, for 1 kt no more than 30 sq km, and for 10 kt less than 170 sq km. These are maximum, and at the same time, still very moderate numbers. And very far from apocalyptic expectations. At the same time, over time, radiation levels in the area quickly decrease: 7 hours after the explosion, the dose rate decreases by 10 times, after 49 hours - by 100 times. This means that this small area of pollution that is significant for health is also rapidly decreasing.” |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 What’s the color of the sky in your world ACA? Delusional |
| Posted by: Beavis 2024-05-22 16:40 |
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| Posted by: ACA JOE 2024-05-22 16:35 |
| #1 Kremlin says it will 'retaliate for any nuclear threats' and warns tensions could spill into WW3 Talk, talk, talk. When do we eat? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-22 09:04 |