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"J. Clarke" wrote:


Actually, they probably are--the area affected by a single nuclear
detonation is generally greatly exaggerated. But it isn't damage to
the oil fields that would be the problem, it would be the political
results within Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

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Middle East maybe, but I don't think there would be enough of Saudi
left over to be political. While the oilfields are probably going to be
safe, the big population centers would be toast. Of course I also doubt
we'd pull the lanyard on the nuclear side of things anyway so this is
just an interesting diversion.