They are exactly as destructive as they are (read "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"). I can't help the fact that many have been fooled into thinking they are the end of the world. But you are not coping with the fact that they release an immense amount of energy. The radius for a given overpressure can easily be calculated, and most civilian structures collapse at 2 psi. For large weapons, that can be kilometers.
What exactly is your point? If you are trying to say that nuclear weapons are a trifle, you are looking up the wrong hole.
Nuclear weapons are nowhere near as destructive over distance as we've been fear-porned into believing.
If they were, the entirety of Japan's population would have been incinerated by the two bombs we delivered.
Like sound intensity measured in dB, the destructive force of explosions diminishes as the SQUARE of the distance removed from the detonation site.
They are exactly as destructive as they are (read "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"). I can't help the fact that many have been fooled into thinking they are the end of the world. But you are not coping with the fact that they release an immense amount of energy. The radius for a given overpressure can easily be calculated, and most civilian structures collapse at 2 psi. For large weapons, that can be kilometers.
What exactly is your point? If you are trying to say that nuclear weapons are a trifle, you are looking up the wrong hole.