• Question: could the hidrogen bomb distroy the world?

    Asked by rob96 to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Panos Soultanas

      Panos Soultanas answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi Rob,

      Well one H-bomb will not be able to destroy the world (although it would cause a lot of damage). Several H-bombs could conceivably destroy most of the living world as we know it today. But life (especially microbes) is pretty resilient and would be able to bounce back if such a terrible catastrophy were to ever happen. I don’t like the thought of it though..!
      I am strongly against nuclear weapons and see no justification for their existence.
      🙁

    • Photo: Mark Fogg

      Mark Fogg answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      A single one couldn’t, but many of them in the wrong hands could. The thought leaves me very cold.

    • Photo: Michael Loughlin

      Michael Loughlin answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      one alone couldn’t..unless you consider its use as a trigger for a full scalw nuclear war…but no I don’t believe a single one has that power….yet

    • Photo: Mark Travis

      Mark Travis answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      If they made it big enough, I guess it could destroy a large chunk of it…

    • Photo: Sarah Burl

      Sarah Burl answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      yes if enough of them went off!

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