Number80085 t1_ja6e0bp wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:23 AM Reply to ELI5 if one nuclear bomb is 100’s or 1000’s times as powerful as the ones used to end WW2 wouldn’t just 1 or 2 wipe out most the world? by lsarge442 There is something called the inverse square law. Basically, at least for rhe radiation and the energy, double the distance = one quarter the dose. So the effects even a very large explosion disipate very quickly with distance. Permalink 1
Number80085 t1_ja6e0bp wrote
Reply to ELI5 if one nuclear bomb is 100’s or 1000’s times as powerful as the ones used to end WW2 wouldn’t just 1 or 2 wipe out most the world? by lsarge442
There is something called the inverse square law. Basically, at least for rhe radiation and the energy, double the distance = one quarter the dose. So the effects even a very large explosion disipate very quickly with distance.