The people in power deciding our fates are lazy spoiled sacks of shit. They don't want to destroy the planet with radiation and they don't want to live underground. If bombs drop in January, they want to be on the beaches and on their yachts by summer. So obviously they can't make a big mess or they'll never get enough goy to mop it up before the season starts. This threat of nuclear war is just the next fear campaign right before the elections.