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Why should there be worry about World War III ( Part -II )

In continuation of Part-I  On 6 th Aug 1945 Hiroshima in Japan was destroyed by one atomic bomb and a couple of days later,Nagasaki was destroyed by another one.The two bombs killed about 2 lakh people.Some of them died instantaneously while others within a few months. Another 2 lakh people who survived, suffered severely from the long lasting effects of radiation exposure and had physical and mental agony too ! Over 2000 nuclear weapons have been used in nuclear tests so far above and below the ground.Such tests cause long lasting damage to the environment and public health too.

 There are nine countries possessing nuclear weapons and are:the US, the UK,Russia,France, China,Israel, India,Pakistan and North Korea.There are now about 14,000 nuclear weapons.These are enough to end life on the planet. As per SIPRI [ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ],the total number of nuclear warheads with different nations as of January 2020 is: USA (5800) Russia (6375) UK (215) France (290) China (320) India (150) Pakistan (160) Israel (90) and North Korea (30-40)

 

Nature of damage : The violent, rapid shockwave, the soaring fire ball and the invisible radiation, all contribute to destruction involving injuries deaths and damage.The devastation depends upon the location of explosion and whether it is on ground or in the air.The largest one in the US arsenal is about 75 times more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima.On impact with the ground, it can create a fireball 3 km wide and temperatures can reach thousands of °C. Rushing ahead of the fireball would be a mighty shockwave that can travel at speeds of about 1200 kmph. The shockwave can can cause potential damage to buildings and can inflict 100% fatalities in in a radius of about 3 km.Also the radiation released can cause acute radiation poisoning in the zone causing deaths and injuries.

(to be continued and concluded in part-III through the next blog on Sunday)

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  1. UnknownSeptember 24, 2020 at 8:02 AM

    Well... A new perspective dear Ramana on scenario building... Keen to watch ur next part....

    A recent report found 13,865 such warheads at the start of 2019, down from 14,465 in 2018 and all of which were held by these nine countries, quite worrisome.. ..

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  2. Ramana GoveSeptember 25, 2020 at 7:54 AM

    Thanks for your interaction and well informed comments ! As is expressed by your data, nations have realised that piling the arms is rather a liability but much needs to be done to allay the apprehensions.

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  3. CompassSeptember 27, 2020 at 3:18 PM

    As per one survey sir unofficial nuclear weapons in various countries put together can destroy few hundreds of planets like earth

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  4. Ramana GoveSeptember 28, 2020 at 7:47 AM

    Quite probable ! Thanks for sharing your views !

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