Professor Owen Brian Toon - quoted facts & statistics

defence · Forbes

The study by Owen Brian Toon and colleagues, simulating a super-war involving 4,400 100-kiloton nuclear warheads, projected that 80% of the world population, about 6.4 billion people, would die.

“could ultimately cause the death of “80% of the world population,” or about 6.4 billion people”

80 % 6.4 billion people

defence · Forbes

“inject about 150 million tons of soot into the stratosphere”

150 tons

defence · Forbes

“95% of the populations of the U.S., Canada, Russia, China and much of Europe are dead by the end of the second year”

95 %

defence · Forbes

“4,400 100-kiloton nuclear warheads, just half of the stockpiles held by Russia and the U.S.”

4400 warheads