megadeaths
Nuclear war toll
Megadeaths is a unit measuring deaths in the millions, used in military and nuclear strategy contexts when discussing casualties from large-scale warfare or catastrophe: The analysts calculated potential megadeaths from various strike scenarios.
The term emerged during Cold War nuclear planning, where such quantities required clinical abstraction.
One megadeath equals one million deaths.
First nuclear-struck city
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- warheadsExplosive missile components
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
atomic · mushroom cloud · radiation · blast radius · nuclear winter · deterrence · MAD · ICBM
State of eventual death
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- estimatesRough calculations of value
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
body count · fatalities · calculations · simulations · casualties · risk assessment · probability · RAND
American thrash metal band
- thrash metalRapid aggressive rock subgenre
- heavy metalAggressive amplified rock genre
- headbangingViolent rhythmic skull movement
- albumUnified collection of recordings
shredding · riffs · lyrics · Metallica · speed metal · dystopia · apocalyptic · mosh pit
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- warheadsExplosive missile components
annihilation · atomic · mushroom cloud · radiation · blast radius · nuclear winter · deterrence · MAD · ICBM · strategic
mortality
State of eventual death
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- estimatesRough calculations of value
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
modeling · body count · fatalities · calculations · simulations · casualties · risk assessment · probability · RAND · war gaming
Megadeth
American thrash metal band
- thrash metalRapid aggressive rock subgenre
- heavy metalAggressive amplified rock genre
- headbangingViolent rhythmic skull movement
album · shredding · riffs · lyrics · Metallica · speed metal · dystopia · apocalyptic · mosh pit · concert