[Renegade 13]

Wenin said:
Renegade 13,

I can't believe you are even going to venture into the realm of comparing the relative effects on the planet from nuclear tests to that of a nuclear strike. Where are you getting a SINGLE nuke from?

Iran tosses ONE nuke at Israel.
Israel tosses X nukes at Iran.

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According to some research I did, the total number of nuclear detonations that have taken place since the development of nuclear weapons has numbered over 2000!

See Wikipedia link

Except from the above link:

The nuclear powers have conducted at least 2,000 nuclear test explosions (numbers are approximated, as some test results have been disputed):

* United States United States: 1,050 tests (involving 1,125 devices,331 atmospheric tests), most at Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands, with ten other tests taking place at various locations in the United States, including Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, and New Mexico (see nuclear weapons and the United States for details).
* Soviet Union Soviet Union: between 715 and 969 tests, most at Semipalatinsk Test Site and Novaya Zemlya, and a few more at various sites in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
* France France: 210 tests, mostly at Reggane and Ekker in Algeria, and Fangataufa and Moruroa in French Polynesia.
* United Kingdom United Kingdom: 45 tests (21 in Australian territory, including 9 in mainland South Australia at Maralinga and Emu Field, many others in the U.S. as part of joint test series)
* People's Republic of China China: 45 tests (23 atmospheric and 22 underground, all conducted at Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang)
* India India: between 5 and 6 tests, at Pokhran.
* Pakistan Pakistan: between 3 and 6 tests, at Chagai Hills.

Many of the above tests, before the Partial Test-ban Treaty, were even atmospheric tests (the US has done at least 331 atmospheric nuclear tests), each producing as much fallout and general radioactivity of any bomb that Iran could build. Even considering that you're right, and Israel would bomb Iran right back again. Ok, lets say Iran actually built nukes, and actually lobbed them at Israel. Lets say they built 10 and threw them at Israel, then that Israel threw 30 back. That's 40 nukes in all. 40 nukes would be enough that one country or the other would be a glowing pile of radioactive glass.

You're telling me that 40 nukes would be worse for the world than the over 2000 tests conducted over the past 60 years? Come now, be reasonable.

As for the rest of your arguement, I don't think Pakistan/India, US/NK would get involved. Highly unlikely.