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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
SS-18/Mod 3 are still equipped with 20 Mt warheads.
But it won't be free from a nuclear winter, however... It will be caused not by radiation. It will be caused by massive firestorms which will burn out the cities and forests in Europe, Asia and America. Plants and animals can't exists w/o sun. So I won't agree with you on the quoted above. It will be the end for a whole planet.
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Well, about the nuclear winter. It might be possible at some extent, depending of course about the amount of nukes, fires, etc. However, even on cloudy day sun will pass, dust is heavier of course, but I doubt that there will be that much of it. At least life wont end, as there is much living matter to consume and the nuclear winter will most likely end before the consumable matter is used (many seeds can wait at least tens of years). Not to speak of that Earth has life that is not dependent about sun, although most life is, but there is whole ecosystems based on other energy than sun energy. These ecosystems are on seafloor, and the base source for life in there is volatile Earth's mass.
Also, nuke scorched earth will act as a firewall. Well, anyways, total nuclear war is not the nicest of things.