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A cursory video elucidating *Doomsday device.*Images attributions:_"Castle Romeo nuclear test (yield 11 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. It was the first nuclear test co...
A doomsday device is a hypothetical construction — usually a weapon or weapons system — which could destroy all life on a planet, particularly Earth, or destroy the planet itself, bringing "doomsday", a term used for the end of planet Earth.
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Doomsday machine, hypothetical device that would automatically trigger the nuclear destruction of an aggressor country or the extinction of all life on Earth in the event of a nuclear attack on the country maintaining the device. The former type of device might automatically launch a large number.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Nov 15, 2023 · The Doomsday Clock, with its hands hovering close to midnight (“doomsday”), is a symbolic device that is designed to warn the world how close it is to catastrophe. Midnight is said to ...
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May 23, 2024 · A doomsday device is something which theoretically has the potential to destroy the world, or at least to put an end to human life as it is currently known. The concept of doomsday devices began to enter the popular imagination in the 20th century, when significant advances in the sciences led people to realize that such a device would be possible.