the nuclear fallout scenario is actually totally unrealistic
Depends on the bomb. Two Colbat-60 nukes would be enough to kill everything on the planet if set off in the right places because they're intentional "dirty bombs" designed with at least 60 years of fallout as the purpose rather than the consequence.
Fair point, though that scenario relies on the idea that anyone would go along with a dirty bomb being set off in the first place if push comes to shove. I don't necessarily believe in the concept of white hats in government anymore but purely out of self-interest and staying alive you might see civil strife if the elites were dumb enough to try and kick something like that off. They would also have to be competent enough to set it all off in the right way in such a scenario and other nations might kill them before they do any harm.
Depends on the bomb. Two Colbat-60 nukes would be enough to kill everything on the planet if set off in the right places because they're intentional "dirty bombs" designed with at least 60 years of fallout as the purpose rather than the consequence.
Fair point, though that scenario relies on the idea that anyone would go along with a dirty bomb being set off in the first place if push comes to shove. I don't necessarily believe in the concept of white hats in government anymore but purely out of self-interest and staying alive you might see civil strife if the elites were dumb enough to try and kick something like that off. They would also have to be competent enough to set it all off in the right way in such a scenario and other nations might kill them before they do any harm.