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Russia and the US are more than capable of destroying the world already, but it's far harder to save it.

> Russia and the US are more than capable of destroying the world already

They aren't capable of destroying the world; their definitely, OTOH, capable of really dealing a severe blow to human civilization and might even manage to wipe out humanity entirely.

Do you mean that literally?

If you had access to the entire arsenal of the US or Russia and wanted to destroy the planet, how would you do it?

If you just detonate all nukes at their own silos, fallout & nuclear winter will wipe most of life in a few months. If you want to demolish the whole Earth DeathStar-style, nukes won't help.

TTAPS assumed strikes on petroleum facilities and cities. I don't think your scenario fits the assumptions of any study on nuclear winter.

Thanks for correcting me!

This question reminded me of "the weird and worrying questions" pages in what if from the xckd guy.

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