Nuclear War... Could humans ultimately survive?

bobblepuzzle · 23-12-2010 08:23PM #1

Nuclear War... Could humans ultimately survive?

I've watched this docudrama from 1984 called Threads, its very good for the time. Conflict in Iran between the west and Russia goes pear shaped, with the Russians firing Nuclear Warhead Tipped missles at American B52's ultimately leading to all out nuclear war...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT96sgTwmvo

And it got me thinking... would it be survivable for future generations, I would think yes... but obviously the survival of the absolute fittest

KeithM89_old · 23-12-2010 08:24PM

Gah!! - i was made to watch that back in school and it scared the shit out of me - had nightmares for weeks

I think id rather die in the blast than suffer from radiation poisoning.

Plug · 23-12-2010 08:26PM

Im a cockroach myself so I'll have no problem surviving.

kippy · 23-12-2010 08:27PM

Some people would have you believe if we survived this particular phase in our history, financial meltdown, icy weather and the mayans predicting we'll all be gone in 2012, we'll survive anything.

Sea Sharp · 23-12-2010 08:28PM

There'll always be that 0.1% of the species that gets lucky and make it through.
The survival rate would probably be higher than that though.

Herb Powell · 23-12-2010 08:29PM

hah, I was gonna suggest watching Threads.
The answer is, become an army official, and you're sorted

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 23-12-2010 08:29PM

My plan is to crawl inside a giant cockroaches ass.............should do the job!

red menace · 23-12-2010 08:31PM

bobblepuzzle wrote: »

Nuclear War... Could humans ultimately survive?

I've watched this docudrama from 1984 called Threads, its very good for the time. Conflict in Iran between the west and Russia goes pear shaped, with the Russians firing Nuclear Warheads at American B52's ultimately leading to all out nuclear war...

And it got me thinking... would it be survivable for future generations, I would think yes... but obviously the survival of the absolute fittest

Survivable, I would think but on a pretty much decimated planet wouldn't be much of a life,
Would probably be a new dark ages, maybe a good chance for humanity to start again

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein

agrostar · 23-12-2010 08:55PM

I was watching there on QI on BBC where some fella was in Hiroshima on the day the first Nuclear bomb was dropped on Japan. Then he decided he'd go to Nagasaki on the train and arrived there for the second nuclear bombing. Fair unlucky........
But he was able to take the train from Hiroshima the day after the bombing, so there must of been alot of damage but railway was still in working order and arrived in time for the fireworks in Nagasaki. I believe he only died there a short time ago at the age of 90?? or so........

aidan_walsh · 23-12-2010 08:58PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KvgtEnABY

TimeToShine · 23-12-2010 09:00PM

ZOMBIES!!!!! those hours of cod are gonna pay off big time

krudler · 23-12-2010 09:01PM

Played Fallout 3? you'll be grand so

aidan_walsh · 23-12-2010 09:04PM

agrostar wrote: »

I was watching there on QI on BBC where some fella was in Hiroshima on the day the first Nuclear bomb was dropped on Japan. Then he decided he'd go to Nagasaki on the train and arrived there for the second nuclear bombing. Fair unlucky........
But he was able to take the train from Hiroshima the day after the bombing, so there must of been alot of damage but railway was still in working order and arrived in time for the fireworks in Nagasaki. I believe he only died there a short time ago at the age of 90?? or so........

He was from Nagasaki.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 23-12-2010 09:06PM

KeithM89 wrote: »

Gah!! - i was made to watch that back in school and it scared the shit out of me - had nightmares for weeks
I think id rather die in the blast than suffer from radiation poisoning.

Same here.

Watched it as a kid on holiday about a mile from Heathrow Airport. Every time a plane took off that night, I practically wet the bed...

admiralofthefleet · 23-12-2010 09:06PM

the bottle of factor 20 million i bought yesterday might come in handy

bobblepuzzle · 23-12-2010 09:11PM

krudler wrote: »

Played Fallout 3? you'll be grand so

It may take a few years before bottle caps become currency :P

RonMexico · 23-12-2010 09:26PM

Yes

Jumpy · 23-12-2010 09:27PM

There arent enough nukes in the world to wipe out all humans.

bobblepuzzle · 23-12-2010 09:29PM

Jumpy wrote: »

There arent enough nukes in the world to wipe out all humans.

There could possibly be enough fallout to do it + darkness for months/years

Jumpy · 23-12-2010 09:30PM

It would take over 1.2 million of them to kill us all. There isnt even 30,000 in the world.

KeithAFC · 23-12-2010 09:34PM

Don't need nukes to kill us off. We are doing a fine job of that without nukes.

Cuddlesworth · 23-12-2010 09:35PM

Jumpy wrote: »

It would take over 1.2 million of them to kill us all. There isnt even 30,000 in the world.

There is enough to crack the earth's core surface. That is the current worry with nukes.

finipops · 23-12-2010 09:41PM

Watch when the wind blows. I would rather die straight away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EbsrJuAoQo

Jumpy · 23-12-2010 09:44PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

There is enough to crack the earth's core surface. That is the current worry with nukes.

I think you mean the crust, and it regularly cracks itself.

It would be the equivalent of poking an elephant with a lit match.

Thrill · 23-12-2010 09:48PM

It's not just the nukes you'd have to fear. You can bet if things get that far then then the biological weapons wouldn't be far behind.

galwayrush · 23-12-2010 09:51PM

Apparently Rats have a good chance of survival, may even becone mutant.
****, no hope we'll ever see the end of FF then.:eek:

Nolanger · 23-12-2010 09:51PM

bobblepuzzle wrote: »

I've watched this docudrama from 1984 called Threads, its very good for the time.

This one from the 1960s is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58NmAzQzRjk

Tonyandthewhale · 23-12-2010 09:53PM

Jumpy wrote: »

It would take over 1.2 million of them to kill us all.

Where did you get that figure?

CreepingDeath · 23-12-2010 09:56PM

Jumpy wrote: »

There arent enough nukes in the world to wipe out all humans.

Not directly maybe, but all the dust would blot out the sunlight for years causing massive crop failures and famines, giving the classic "nuclear winter".

Also, they'd probably take out most of the oil & gas drilling rigs, leading to an energy crisis. Once the oil stops flowing, countries become crippled fairly fast.

There might only be about 3 months worth of food supplies in the world at any given moment.

bobblepuzzle · 23-12-2010 09:59PM

Here's another interesting video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHrV2QhArA

Mr Benevolent · 23-12-2010 10:30PM

Threads was a great film, best apocalypse movie I've ever seen.

Nuclear War... Could humans ultimately survive?

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