[jgreen10]

Russia and the US are more than capable of destroying the world already, but it's far harder to save it.

[dragonwriter]

> Russia and the US are more than capable of destroying the world already

They aren't capable of destroying the world; their definitely, OTOH, capable of really dealing a severe blow to human civilization and might even manage to wipe out humanity entirely.

[saint_fiasco]

Do you mean that literally?

If you had access to the entire arsenal of the US or Russia and wanted to destroy the planet, how would you do it?

[bitL]

If you just detonate all nukes at their own silos, fallout & nuclear winter will wipe most of life in a few months. If you want to demolish the whole Earth DeathStar-style, nukes won't help.

[cocoablazing]

TTAPS assumed strikes on petroleum facilities and cities. I don't think your scenario fits the assumptions of any study on nuclear winter.

[bitL]

Thanks for correcting me!

[chunkiestbacon]

This question reminded me of "the weird and worrying questions" pages in what if from the xckd guy.