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We often about a global nuclear Holocaust destroying human civilization and the rest

On the other hand I've read that 50-75% of W47 warheads w/could have been duds due to design flaws. Furthermore this doesn't appear to be uncommon, the British weren't happy with the W28 and designed their own primary for their Polaris warheads and there has been talk of the W76 being unreliable and maybe a dud.

I don't know what the design parameters are for Soviet, British and french warheads and if they are more reliable but I can't imagine that the US is the only one who makes unreliable warheads.

So how would such unreliable warheads play out in an attempt to unleash armageddon?
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