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Here are some myths I believed about nuclear war I used to believe in. Anyone can share their previous myths:
1. That fallout would be long-lasting and severe after a nuclear exchange.
I once believed legit that fallout after a nuclear war would really be so intense and would last long, but considering the 7-10 rule and the fact that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were eventually habitable, I don't see how the idea that radiation would render much of the world and former urban cores uninhabitable by radiation as seen in Hollywood films and other post-apocalyptic media about nuclear wars.
I don't trust some nations but I do trust the US + NATO and Russia, nations with the greatest abilities to conduct total nuclear exchanges, would follow their doctrines, be rational, and really avoid nuking cities in a nuclear war, going instead for hard military facilities and nuke facilities such as ICBM sites (they have an efficiency incentive to do so):