Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War

Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War - - - Some Perspectives

Self-assured destruction: The climate impacts of nuclear war

A nuclear war between Russia and the United States, even after the arsenal reductions planned under New START, could produce a nuclear winter. Hence, an attack by either side could be suicidal, resulting in selfassured destruction. Even a ÒsmallÓ nuclear war between India and Pakistan, with each country detonating 50 Hiroshima-size atom bombsÑonly about 0.03 percent of the global nuclear arsena...

Thinking the Unthinkable: The Effects of Anchoring on Likelihood Estimates of Nuclear Warl

"Anchoring" results from insufficient adjustment up or down from an original­ often arbitrary-starting value. Six sets of surveys were designed to assess the effects of anchoring on subjective likelihood estimates of a nuclear war. Based on responses from 1600 students. results indicated that: (a) likelihood estimates were strongly susceptible to anchoring: (b) neither likelihood estimates nor ...

Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism

We assess the potential damage and smoke production associated with the detonation of small nuclear weapons in modern megacities. While the number of nuclear warheads in the world has fallen by about a factor of three since its peak in 1986, the number of nuclear weapons states is increasing and the potential exists for numerous regional nuclear arms races. Eight countries are known to have nuc...

'Peace through Health': 16th World Congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

The fourth congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, attended by over 400 physicians from 50 countries, focused on the psychological impact of the nuclear threat, the economic effects of the arms race on international health care, and the global ecological effects of a major nuclear exchange. A report to the congress noted that over a million signatures of physici...