If nuclear war broke out where's the safest place on Earth?

[uige2016]

No place is safe in a war

[pion3d]

No place is safe in a war

Totally agree

So relax in a chair by the window and burn out quickly!

[CroIsBest]

If nuclelear war start to happent and world war 3 then you can try to go only to other planet I prefer mars  but I dont think that even nuclear war wil start in m and your life so dont worry they are not so crazy.

[coolcoinz]

If the nuclear war broke up, i think there will be no safe place anymore in this earth, because it can damage everything, we cant say what will be the effect on us and to our nature. We cant live the same anymore if it will broke out.

It will damage everything. The challenge would be to find the place which is the least contaminated by radiation. It can be Antarctica, or it can be some underground facility deep in the Siberia or Alaska.

Well the thing is that with nuclear war, we wouldn't know for sure how large the coverage of the damage would be. If a single nuke can level an entire city, imagine what several nukes aimed at different parts of the world could do. Even the extreme poles i think won't be safe enough for us. And an underground facility would be only as good as the supplies it has for a limited number of people. Radiation would still be very potent when the time comes that the people would need to come up their bunkers wherever that is.

It would depend on the number of nukes launched. We know that many countries have a way to destroy warheads before their reach the targets, for instance the Patriot System, that has been operating for over 20 years. Out of 100 launched nukes more than half would have been shot down. Some would probably malfunction, some would hit industrial areas, the suburbs would probably remain untouched.
On the other hand a lot of detonations would probably disrupt Earth's orbit.

[Balthazar]

Patriot is a scam, not a real defense system. There were real-life tests of Patriot against the ancient OTR-21 "Tochka" ballistic missiles. Patriot was able to intercept only 25% of warheads. Funny, but 'Tochka' missiles are obsolete and scheduled for decommission, modern missiles are far more difficult to intercept.

[olushakes]

As harsh it must sound but with the level of advancement that have been witnessed in building nuclear weapons even after Huroshima then I can say boldly there is no where to hide and no where is even safe as I see it, the only thing we can hope for is that it does not happen because with the pressing of a button a country might not recover for centuries to come.

[coolcoinz]

Patriot is a scam, not a real defense system. There were real-life tests of Patriot against the ancient OTR-21 "Tochka" ballistic missiles. Patriot was able to intercept only 25% of warheads. Funny, but 'Tochka' missiles are obsolete and scheduled for decommission, modern missiles are far more difficult to intercept.

Patriots are also obsolete and scheduled for decommission.

"The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program aimed to replace Patriot missiles in the United States, the older Hawk system in Germany, and Italy’s even older Nike Hercules missiles. MEADS will be designed to kill enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and UAVs within its reach, while providing next-generation point defense capabilities against ballistic missiles."

[Sithara007]

Patriot is a scam, not a real defense system. There were real-life tests of Patriot against the ancient OTR-21 "Tochka" ballistic missiles. Patriot was able to intercept only 25% of warheads. Funny, but 'Tochka' missiles are obsolete and scheduled for decommission, modern missiles are far more difficult to intercept.

Patriots are also obsolete and scheduled for decommission.

"The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program aimed to replace Patriot missiles in the United States, the older Hawk system in Germany, and Italy’s even older Nike Hercules missiles. MEADS will be designed to kill enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and UAVs within its reach, while providing next-generation point defense capabilities against ballistic missiles."

The Medium Extended Air Defense System is just another scam, similar to the $2 trillion F-35 scandal. In the end-product of this program will be some inferior equipment, which is unable to compete against similar kind of equipment from other nations.

[zuyfg888]

Safest on earth? I think there is no other safest places on earth. If nuclear missiles, weapons and equipments will launched, we cannot say where will be the safest places on earth. We cannot do anything, we should know and also our government should know what will be the effect of nuclear power

[criptix]

Patriot is a scam, not a real defense system. There were real-life tests of Patriot against the ancient OTR-21 "Tochka" ballistic missiles. Patriot was able to intercept only 25% of warheads. Funny, but 'Tochka' missiles are obsolete and scheduled for decommission, modern missiles are far more difficult to intercept.

Patriots are also obsolete and scheduled for decommission.

"The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program aimed to replace Patriot missiles in the United States, the older Hawk system in Germany, and Italy’s even older Nike Hercules missiles. MEADS will be designed to kill enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and UAVs within its reach, while providing next-generation point defense capabilities against ballistic missiles."

The Medium Extended Air Defense System is just another scam, similar to the $2 trillion F-35 scandal. In the end-product of this program will be some inferior equipment, which is unable to compete against similar kind of equipment from other nations.

Right. That must be the reason the Sowjets won the cold war and everyone is living under communism now

Superior communist weapons... literaly broken

[bryant.coleman]

Safest on earth? I think there is no other safest places on earth. If nuclear missiles, weapons and equipments will launched, we cannot say where will be the safest places on earth. We cannot do anything, we should know and also our government should know what will be the effect of nuclear power

Nuclear weapons have a limited range. Check this video for demo of the aftereffects from a nuclear explosion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aza-2wopCFY

If Russia successfully launches 300 nukes targeting the major metropolitan areas of USA (out of a total stockpile of 4,500), some 100 million people (30% of the American population) would die immediately. Another 10%-30% will die in the next few days and weeks. In this scenario, the safest places will be remote forested regions of Alaska and Montana.

[bitcoinboy12]

Safest on earth? I think there is no other safest places on earth. If nuclear missiles, weapons and equipments will launched, we cannot say where will be the safest places on earth. We cannot do anything, we should know and also our government should know what will be the effect of nuclear power

Nuclear weapons have a limited range. Check this video for demo of the aftereffects from a nuclear explosion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aza-2wopCFY

If Russia successfully launches 300 nukes targeting the major metropolitan areas of USA (out of a total stockpile of 4,500), some 100 million people (30% of the American population) would die immediately. Another 10%-30% will die in the next few days and weeks. In this scenario, the safest places will be remote forested regions of Alaska and Montana.

Yep, and shouldn't be mountainous areas like in West Virginia be just as safe?

[michaelch]

Wherever is most dangerous. Because the most dangerous place is the safest.

[zuyfg888]

Safest on earth? I think there is no other safest places on earth. If nuclear missiles, weapons and equipments will launched, we cannot say where will be the safest places on earth. We cannot do anything, we should know and also our government should know what will be the effect of nuclear power

Nuclear weapons have a limited range. Check this video for demo of the aftereffects from a nuclear explosion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aza-2wopCFY

If Russia successfully launches 300 nukes targeting the major metropolitan areas of USA (out of a total stockpile of 4,500), some 100 million people (30% of the American population) would die immediately. Another 10%-30% will die in the next few days and weeks. In this scenario, the safest places will be remote forested regions of Alaska and Montana.

We cannot say that all nuclear weapons have a limited range. As we can see in the video, there is only a limited range, what if Russia, North Korea, China or other countries inventing nuclear weapons and equipment invent a nuclear weapon that can make whole country destroyed ? We only know that Russia invented a limited range? What if Russia invented a massive and powerful nuclear weapon ?

[xdtiagonzhar]

If nuclear war broke out where's the safest place on Earth?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/dec/16/if-nuclear-war-broke-out-wheres-the-safest-place-on-earth

<< Nuclear tensions appear to be mounting again amidst political upheaval. So if the event of nuclear war, where should you head? >>

If that event happen, maybe earth will like hell so the only choice is to explore the universe. You know right how big the univese it, isnt its strange in this big world only human being who live? So we must start exploring the universe, colonialization other planet, and make new home !

[Sithara007]

We cannot say that all nuclear weapons have a limited range. As we can see in the video, there is only a limited range, what if Russia, North Korea, China or other countries inventing nuclear weapons and equipment invent a nuclear weapon that can make whole country destroyed ? We only know that Russia invented a limited range? What if Russia invented a massive and powerful nuclear weapon ?

It is a possibility. However, even the most potent nuclear weapon created till now (Tsar Bomba or RDS-220 hydrogen bomb) is having a fixed range. The “total destruction” blast radius for Tsar bomba is 35 km. The heat from the explosion could have caused third-degree burns 100 km away from ground zero. In future, it is possible that either the Americans or the Russians invent something which is even more dangerous. 

[bitcoinboy12]

We cannot say that all nuclear weapons have a limited range. As we can see in the video, there is only a limited range, what if Russia, North Korea, China or other countries inventing nuclear weapons and equipment invent a nuclear weapon that can make whole country destroyed ? We only know that Russia invented a limited range? What if Russia invented a massive and powerful nuclear weapon ?

It is a possibility. However, even the most potent nuclear weapon created till now (Tsar Bomba or RDS-220 hydrogen bomb) is having a fixed range. The “total destruction” blast radius for Tsar bomba is 35 km. The heat from the explosion could have caused third-degree burns 100 km away from ground zero. In future, it is possible that either the Americans or the Russians invent something which is even more dangerous. 

Or perhaps they already did. Both of these countries allocate a lot of their budget on military research and facilities.

[sportis]

Even though I believe it is difficult anybody to survive after the blast the best place to live temporary is in a nuclear shelter inside a mountain. After that, there are no many places in Earth except some small countries like as Tuvalu, Malta, Iceland but because many believe that WWIII will start in Northern hemisphere countries like Argentina and Chile as well due to located in the southern hemisphere and air clearing up relatively faster.  

[noel2123]

Even though I believe it is difficult anybody to survive after the blast the best place to live temporary is in a nuclear shelter inside a mountain. After that, there are no many places in Earth except some small countries like as Tuvalu, Malta, Iceland but because many believe that WWIII will start in Northern hemisphere countries like Argentina and Chile as well due to located in the southern hemisphere and air clearing up relatively faster.  

We cannot see the future will be, we all know that nuclear war is one of the impossible war on Earth, but it can be possible right now. I think some of the country having nuclear weapons, can fire a nuclear missile with a massive blast. If this happen, we do not have safest place on earth, we cannot see the after effect of nuclear power.

[margarete11]

Maybe the head of the states know the answer but for us ordinary people we will never know where we gonna locate ourselves when that unexpected  thing happen we might not survive during those time so let just hope that it will never happen because it will be very very unpleasant situation and trillion of innocent lives may be lost