Math.
Our typical warhead (100kt) leaves a 200m radius crater if used to maximize the crater size. (Experiment in using nukes for mining and terrain shaping).
We have less than 6000. 6000 π (0.2 km)2 ~ 6000(0.125km2 ) ~ 754km2 < 2,586 km2.
Nukes are dangerous because (other than the obvious) of what they do to the air, not the ground.
I’m not sure about that fact, there are thousands of active warheads. Do you have a source?
Math.
Our typical warhead (100kt) leaves a 200m radius crater if used to maximize the crater size. (Experiment in using nukes for mining and terrain shaping). We have less than 6000. 6000 π (0.2 km)2 ~ 6000(0.125km2 ) ~ 754km2 < 2,586 km2.
Nukes are dangerous because (other than the obvious) of what they do to the air, not the ground.