Is capitalism greed the only thing saving us from mutually assured destruction?

  • manxu@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Ironically, that’s why they invented the neutron bomb: kills everything in its radius, but leaves no radiation behind.

    • BaroqueInMind@piefed.social
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      I think you need to go back and read about it again…

      Straight from the wiki, the neutron bomb:

      is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself.

      So it’s literally the exact opposite of whatever the fuck you thought; it’s designed to kill with maximum quantity of radiation that a bomb is capable of producing.

      • Kevin@programming.dev
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        24 hours ago

        I believe he meant to say no lasting nuclear debris, ie not a dirty bomb. The bomb explodes and releases lethal radiation, but the resulting irradiated terrain will be comparatively safe comparatively quickly