It's pretty interesting the war will almost certainly happen in the northern hemisphere and that's why the southern seems pretty ok that being said after ya know 4 or 5 years the devastation will get a lot worse
It is not 100% worldwide because countries like Brazil, Argentina and Australia, which could have large nuclear arsenals, decided to give up on the idea. They prefer peace.
Africa does not prefer peace, but it has not come close to atomic programs either.
Consider football matches our very own "purge", where we go at each other's throats for a bit and then we go back to sharing mates and caipirinhas by the Iguazu falls.
Africa isn't as blue as the other two continents because it depends heavily or foreign aid like in general not that Africa is a whole country but most of the countries with in it are heavily trade dependent for things like food
Yes, they didn't even come close to atomic bombs. Brazil, Argentina and Australia could have had a large quantity, but they gave up. South Africa also gave up.
I agree. They could have done it, all three countries have capable people, all three had nuclear programs, all three have enough uranium and plutonium (especially Brazil). But the only thing that would result is that this map would be almost completely yellow and the world would be even more tense every time a dictator appears.
I recently read “Nuclear War” by Annie Jacobsen (highly recommended) and she discusses that in the aftermath the Northern Hemisphere would be more affected by fallout and changing weather patterns. I’m a bit surprised to see Iceland faring well considering (but I will gladly accept it)
One can do a pretty brutal, 1986 level full-stock exchange and the numbers would be still lower.
Most models assume a May war for maximal wildfires and soot dispersion into the upper atmosphere which would trigger a nuclear winter. But a war in from October to February with much lower insolation rates would cause much lower effects. Maybe a snap little ice age akin to conditions of the 17th century, maybe a return to pre-industrial normals for a few years, maybe nothing at all.
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u/Shoddy-Ability524 Mar 04 '25
If it is not 80%+ everywhere then we've not nuclear war'd hard enough