Most likely, yes, people in power like to keep up the "nuclear war would end the world" idea to keep the public afraid, and make threats like this seem that much more serious. I mean, you could say that nuclear war would end the world as we know it now, but not actually, literally, end the world. A Tsar Bomba at full 100MT load could take out DC and it's suburbs and bordering towns for like 50 miles, but the idea that 4 could take out the entire US is insane nonsense.
That may be, but nothing in use today is remotely close to as powerful as even the 2/3 charge Tsar that was tested. The sarmat 2 carries 10 charges that are each 750KT (according to what we know) These are certainly devastating for a few hundred meters but no, there's no way it can take out all of France. What it could do, possibly, is take out 10 very strategic targets that would be devastating to France, but not wipe it from the Earth, nowhere near that.
https://youtu.be/QBeSNsyLuw8?si=vFvq3rqCA6tccCtH here's a video that dispels much of the exaggeration of nuclear Winter. I don't know a whole lot about this guy but he seems to know his stuff. Honestly I just don't care anymore. I'm far more concerned about having to fight a civil war if they steal the vote again. Or worse, living in a world where nobody was willing to fight that fight.
Most likely, yes, people in power like to keep up the "nuclear war would end the world" idea to keep the public afraid, and make threats like this seem that much more serious. I mean, you could say that nuclear war would end the world as we know it now, but not actually, literally, end the world. A Tsar Bomba at full 100MT load could take out DC and it's suburbs and bordering towns for like 50 miles, but the idea that 4 could take out the entire US is insane nonsense.
That may be, but nothing in use today is remotely close to as powerful as even the 2/3 charge Tsar that was tested. The sarmat 2 carries 10 charges that are each 750KT (according to what we know) These are certainly devastating for a few hundred meters but no, there's no way it can take out all of France. What it could do, possibly, is take out 10 very strategic targets that would be devastating to France, but not wipe it from the Earth, nowhere near that.
https://youtu.be/QBeSNsyLuw8?si=vFvq3rqCA6tccCtH here's a video that dispels much of the exaggeration of nuclear Winter. I don't know a whole lot about this guy but he seems to know his stuff. Honestly I just don't care anymore. I'm far more concerned about having to fight a civil war if they steal the vote again. Or worse, living in a world where nobody was willing to fight that fight.