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Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe

Pakistan and India may have 400 to 500 nuclear weapons by 2025 with yields from tested 12- to 45-kt values to a few hundred kilotons. If India uses 100 strategic weapons to attack urban centers and Pakistan uses 150, fatalities could reach 50 to 125 million people, and nuclear-ignited fires could re...

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Autores principales: Toon, Owen B., Bardeen, Charles G., Robock, Alan, Xia, Lili, Kristensen, Hans, McKinzie, Matthew, Peterson, R. J., Harrison, Cheryl S., Lovenduski, Nicole S., Turco, Richard P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay5478

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