Nuclear War: A Guide To Armageddon Pt.1

This 1982 documentary looks at the effects of a 1 MT nuke detonating a mile above London's St Paul's Cathedral. Written and produced by "Threads" director Mick Jackson. Ludovic Kennedy narrates.

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[hotelmario510]

This used footage they didn't use in Threads, just to scare that last remaining drop of shit out of us.

[dutchgoing]

@Lindelamare I saw this in 1982 when I was 14 and it scared the pants off me, particularly the ending. It was the beginning of my nuclear war neurosis which persists to some extent today.

[OreadNYC]

As frightening as some of this imagery is, it still doesn't quite match the impact of the film that I remember being shown in high school...film footage of the damage that was inflicted on some of the people who survived the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even a quarter of a century later, I can still remember how chilling those images were...and the weapons we've developed since then are far more powerful.

[dutchgoing]

““I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.” Kurt Vonnegut 'Slaughterhouse 5' pow survivor of Dresden.

[bd515065]

@dutchgoing Ha! Same thing happened to me!

[Roflcopter11ty7]

Dont you love the takey 1980s intro?

[TheARMAProductions]

@ludocrat You checked out the USA/UK's joint successor project mate? They intend to start it next year. It'll replace the US/UK's SSBN's and Trident system along with new warheads.

h t t p ://w w w . navalshipbuilding . co . uk/navalship_warships.asp?ID=W­AR7&catID=5

[rsturbo240bhp]

@rsturbo240bhp yeah i know i'm too lazy to explain all that ,so thank's for doing it for me ;)

[ludocrat]

@rsturbo240bhp

The reason why these 'smaller' thermonukes were developed is because multiple ones can be carried on one missile. Once you get over a certain yield (say 5Mt) you actually get less damage for your bang. MIRVs can be used in a carpet nuclear bombardment of any megacity. Your average 400Kt warhead, together with a few others in the same payload, with a third gen. targeting system, will cause 10 times as much damage as one 10Mt monster. Big bombs kill cities; MIRVS kill countries.

[rsturbo240bhp]

@JoLovesSpam most nuke's are small 200kt to 750kt but yes there a few bigger 1s left

[JoLovesSpam]

@Politcalamity It is only a one megaton bomb though... if it was a war situation there would be numerous bombs much bigger than one megaton.