Nuclear winter

[Stargirl]

If the Cold War ever went hot and NATO and the Soviet Union+Warsaw Pact went to war with eachother there's no dought that NATO would have promtly launched its nukes. NATO was outnumbered by at the very least 20 to 1 and its nukes were its only hope to win. As anyone with common sense would know, the Soviets would have launched theirs in response. With that many(in the thousands) nukes being launched to points all over the world, the results would be a nuclear Armageddon.
The detonation of that many nuclear weapons, pretty much at the same time, would leave turn the world into a living Hell. If, God forbid, something like this ever happens, you'd be lucky to die in the blast from the nuclear explosion. Massive radiation clouds would cover the world. Human deaths would be in the BILLIONS . But nukes don't speu enough ass and dust in the air to cause a global winter. Volcanoes do, however, do this, and 1 eruption from a good sized volcano can block out the sun for a good while and decrease global temps for years. This would happen even if a few hundred would be detonated at around the same time, but that's the main part of it, they have to be detonated at once.
There's no telling how many nuclear tests have been conducted over past 60 years probually around 300-400 at least, but most have been done underground.
But anyway I'd like to see some EMP weapons in the game, in some ways they're even more destructive than nukes. Just think of every computer, TV, modern car(and weapon), and anything else that has an electronic component being disabled for good.......

Yep.. check out this..

Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone

Lake Taupo was created by the largest known volcanic eruption in recorded history, it was so big the sun went hazy red for two years in China, while it was also recorded as far away as in Rome. Today, what remains of the Taupo volcano is a crater lake the size of Singapore and the largest fresh water lake in the Southern Hemishere.

Where is Lake Taupo? Located in the Central North Island volcanic zone of New Zealand. Only 45 minutes drive from Rotorua.

The Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone extends from Rotorua in the north, to White Island in the east, to the mountains of the Tongariro National Park in the south.

In its centre lies the stunning crater lake of Lake Taupo. This fresh-water lake is the size of the island of Singapore and it is the result of the biggest volcanic explosion in the history of the world.

Today, the waters of Lake Taupo are crystal-clear and are home to a host of leisure activities, such as rainbow trout fishing, sailing, swimming, kayaking to the Maori carvings on the lake.

Taupo Hot Springs Spa is a unique spa destination in the centre of the Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone. Its unique mineral waters flow from the depths of the volcanic ground, rise to the surface at temperatures of 60°C, and are filtered and cooled down using sprinkler jets. Bathe away every care in the world in our healing mineral waters.

The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is 12-48 miles (20-80 km) wide and extends from Ruapehu in the south to the Okataina Volcanic Center in the north and continues 120 miles (200 km) offshore. The zone is flanked by thick aprons of welded pyroclastic flows that form shallow dipping plateaus.

The Taupo Volcanic Zone has a high heat flow and widespread hydrothermal activity. Volcanism began in this area about 1 million years ago and has been calc-alkaline in character.

Volcanic centers at Taupo can be divided into two types: andesitic, dacitic, and minor basaltic volcanoes like Mount Tongariro, and rhyolitic calderas like Rotorua, Okataina, Maroa, and Taupo. About 97% of the total volume of volcanic rocks is associated with the calderas. About 10,000 cubic km of rhyolitic magma has been erupted by these calderas

 

[Carver]

I think a large # of nukes being detonated in a small number of turns should trigger a winter, including encroaching tundra and desertification.

 

[Chayton]

Well doesnt matter really, because of the last science findings a global warming will trigger a ice age in the end, so you end up with a huge winter anyways. Whatever it is nuclear or ice .

Thought arent we getting Nuclear Winter wrong? I think more its called Nuclear Winter, not because of snow, more because of the symbolic that nothing will be able to life there. Ever tried living without special equipment in the antartika?

So Winter/ice age = full of snow/ice, Nuclear Winter = full of radiation