And the effect of a nuke landing in NE Pakistan would be the end to China’s dream of a land route for trade with the Mideast.
The Mideast is becoming China’s problem.
And good riddance.
Not really.
“The danger of radiation from fallout also decreases rapidly with time due in large part to the exponential decay of the individual radionuclides. The first few days after the explosion, the radiation dose rate is reduced by a factor of ten for every seven-fold increase in the number of hours since the explosion.
In practical terms, after two weeks, the radiation has decreased so much it is relatively safe to leave fallout shelters.