Nuclear Winter

By: John, Toby, & Ludvig

What would happen in a theoretical nuclear winter?

India vs. Pakistan

Currently, the world has roughly 13,000 nuclear warheads (Kristensen & Korda, 2021), with many surpassing the destructive power of the two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

We discovered that among an increasing number of global conflicts, the tension between India and Pakistan is most likely to escalate into a nuclear war (Jha, 2021). In fact, a US think tank has predicted a “large scale war” between India and Pakistan within the next five years (Unnithan, 2021).

We realized that the dangers of a nuclear war are in no way a theory limited to the far future. Humanity is constantly on the brink of extinction and will stay this way for as long as nuclear weapons exist.

To illustrate this, we created a paper replica of the Taj Mahal and placed it on a mound of sand. Then, we painted a hammer with yellow and black, creating a nuclear weapon. We hit the Taj Mahal with the “nuke,” creating a scenario where Pakistan fired a nuclear weapon at India.

Our goal is for you to use the knowledge that you have gained today and think about how you can help bring peace to the world. We hope that our installation can inspire you to take action against nuclear weapons.

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While nuclear bombs may destroy and pillage cities, worse than the sack of Troy, the aftermath brings the largest horrors to light, with these horrors being more terrifying than any other plague, blight, or madman, on earth.

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