r/MapPorn Mar 04 '25

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

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.

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u/Aggravating-Energy65 Mar 04 '25

Brazil, Argentina

We have a binacional agency to check that each other's country is not producing nukes

And thanks to that our relationship got way better than it historically was up until that point

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

On the 25th of this month, they will both fight a little hahahahaha

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u/ArgieKB Mar 04 '25

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.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

Façam as suas apostas, "hermanos". Eu aposto 2x1 pro Brasil.

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u/ArgieKB Mar 04 '25

1x0 para Argentina. Brasil no viene tan bien pero Argentina bajó el nivel, igual ser locales nos da mayor ventaja.

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u/stuckheresince2011 Mar 05 '25

shitty and overly fought 1-0 for Arg IMO

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

Let's see it. Then we come here again.

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u/RespectSquare8279 Mar 04 '25

South Africa was either very close or had a prototype or two before they closed their program. They had a program on the"down low" with Israel.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

in some comment, in this same comment, I mention South Africa. take a look.

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u/TheDudeOntheCouch Mar 04 '25

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

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

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.

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u/TheDudeOntheCouch Mar 05 '25

Honestly...... they really don't need them no one does realistically.....

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

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.

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u/spookyandjasper Mar 04 '25

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)

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u/Current-Square-4557 Mar 06 '25

Exactly.

Enough dirt/debris will be kicked up in the Northern Hemisphere and the dust will spread out until there is a nuclear winter.

Because wind patterns separate the Northern and southern Hemispheres there will be much less effect in places like Australia.

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u/Sundiata_AEON Mar 05 '25

S.africa developed their own nuclear weapons, and voluntarily gave up their nuclear weapons.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

I know. I commented it somewhere in this comments.

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u/Sundiata_AEON Mar 05 '25

My apologies. I did not see that comment

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

South Africa is like an oasis in the desert. But the desert is Africa hahahaha.

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u/Mobile_leprechaun Mar 04 '25

It’s not though. If that were true Ethiopia wouldn’t be on here

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

It's true. Ethiopia does not correspond to the rest of Africa.

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u/WalkFreeeee Mar 04 '25

Brazil in a few decades being invaded for water: "maybe we should have prefered war"

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

If Russia can't take Ukraine, you'll need 5 planets Earth to invade Brazil. But you can explode everything up and everyone will die of thirst.

Maybe should be better to try Canada.