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Originally posted by SleazyDream
no one is going to launch a nuke at the USA - spy satelites are scaning the coasts very closly for radioactive material. What they might do is set one off in antarctia. It isn't watched as closly. If you do that and melt a substaintial portion of ice caps there you could raise the world's oceans a few feet and destroy about 40% of all costal property - something like 60% of the US population lives at above 15 feet sea level. and not just the USA - europe, japan, austraila, etc.
MOST first world nations would be devestated. And high altitude nations like afganistan wouldn't be effected.
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Also, with the sensitive earthquake measuring equipment, we would know if they are doing any underground testing.