The Pentagon says the modelling must "include former Eastern Block [sic] countries" and "regions beyond eastern Europe and western Russia".
Jesus Christ. "Can we use nukes without destroying our country's ability to feed people? Or if we use nukes do you think our people might starve and therefore revolt against us?"
Wouldn't they have an idea based on the impact of all those test bombs? Some of those tests must've been on arable land yeah? Perhaps i don't understand what they're asking for because it seems obvious. Predictive models of what food production would look like if the existing framework were disrupted?
Yeah, I think they want to understand long term effects of food production disruption.
Uh, Sir, this report just says "put your head between your legs and kiss your ass good bye" over and over for about 400 pages.