mo4ch:>Even ‘small-scale’ nuclear war between India & Pakistan would DEVASTATE global food supply – study | Mo4ch News

A low-level nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could wipe out large swaths of the world’s food supply, igniting cataclysmic fires that blot out the sun in a decade-long nuclear winter, according to new research.Estimated to hold about 150 warheads each, India and Pakistan’s combined arsenals make up only a fraction of the worldwide stockpile – about 14,000-strong at present – but even a “limited” nuclear war between the regional rivals could have grave consequences for the rest of the planet, a study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal claims.“Even this regional, limited war would have devastating indirect implications worldwide,” said Jonas Jagermeyr, the study’s lead author and a researcher at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.“It would exceed the largest famine in documented history.”We’re not saying a nuclear conflict is around the corner. But it is important to understand what could happen.Starting its simulation …