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German

Put IT in German 195.8.226.76 (talk) 18:14, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please see de:Kernwaffe. VQuakr (talk) 18:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed change for clarity

Currently, the text includes,

most of these are for non-strategic (decisively war-winning) purposes

As there is ambiguity whether the parenthetical definition applies to "strategic" or "non-strategic", I would change this to state,

most of these are not for strategic (decisively war-winning) purposes

If I have misunderstood the difference between strategic and tactical, then swap out those terms. In any case, the revised sentence seems less ambiguous than the original. 194.25.174.98 (talk) 07:23, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extinction

The new section on effects of nuclear war gives far too much weight to the unlikely prospect of human extinction. Nuclear war could have a range of effects, from highly localized to widespread catastrophe. Focusing on the most implausible extreme is both biased and undermines the credibility of the section. NPguy (talk) 19:00, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's two sentences, which appear to be backed up with sources. Do you have sources for the implausibility of human extinction? John (talk) 19:07, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This was the first thing that came up: Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction. NPguy (talk) 20:05, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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