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Removed the \\\"Cobalt Bomb\\\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\\\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \\\"Real Life\\\" section. To actually reach \\\"Doomsday\\\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\\\'d need an incredibly large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \\\"weapons of the end\\\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \\\'\\\'one\\\'\\\' such bomb is already a \\\"Doomsday Device\\\". It\\\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than maybe \\\"area denial\\\" or something, but that can be done with a ton of other things and a \\\"Cobalt Bomb\\\" isn\\\'t exactly the most precise kind of weapon to do such a job, so there\\\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\\\'s standards for nuclear warheads where size and yield is dropped in favor of accuracy). And if you\\\'re going to tell me that \\\"an arsenal of such weapons \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' qualify as a doomsday device\\\", by that logic we\\\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \\\"end all life\\\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes is the smartest thing alive (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\\\'re going to include an entry in the \\\'\\\'Real Life\\\'\\\' section, especially a theorethical weapon of such magnitude, you have to know what you\\\'re doing, unless all you want to do is mislead and terrify people who simply don\\\'t know better for the sake of \\\"drama\\\".

Removed the \\\"Cobalt Bomb\\\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\\\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \\\"Real Life\\\" section. To actually reach \\\"Doomsday\\\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\\\'d need an incredibly large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \\\"weapons of the end\\\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \\\'\\\'one\\\'\\\' such bomb is already a \\\"Doomsday Device\\\". It\\\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than maybe \\\"area denial\\\" or something, but that can be done with a ton of other things and a \\\"Cobalt Bomb\\\" isn\\\'t exactly the most precise kind of weapon to do such a job, so there\\\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\\\'s standards for nuclear warheads where size and yield is dropped in favor of accuracy). And if you\\\'re going to tell me that \\\"an arsenal of such weapons \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' qualify as a doomsday device\\\", by that logic we\\\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \\\"end all life\\\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes is the smartest thing alive (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\\\'re going to include an entry in the \\\'\\\'Real Life\\\'\\\' section, especially a theorethical weapon of such magnitude, you have to know what you\\\'re doing, unless all you want to do is mislead and terrify people who simply don\\\'t know better for the sake of \\\"drama\\\".

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\'d need an incredibly large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than maybe \"area denial\" or something, but that can be done with a ton of other things and a \"Cobalt Bomb\" isn\'t exactly the most precise kind of weapon to do such a job, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads where size and yield is dropped in favor of accuracy). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes is the smartest thing alive (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially a theorethical weapon of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless all you want to do is mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better for the sake of \"drama\".

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\'d need an incredibly large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than maybe \"area denial\" or something, but that can be done with a ton of other things and a \"Cobalt Bomb\" isn\'t exactly the most precise kind of weapon to do such a job, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads where size and yield is dropped in favor of accuracy). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes has to know everything (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially something of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless you really want to mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better.

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\'d need an incredibly large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than apparently \"area denial\" or something, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes has to know everything (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially something of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless you really want to mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better.

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this kind of weapon, you\'d need a really large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than apparently \"area denial\" or something, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes has to know everything (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially something of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless you really want to mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better.

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this, you\'d need an insanely large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it brings no advantages other than apparently \"area denial\" or something, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes has to know everything (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially something of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless you really want to mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better.

Removed the \"Cobalt Bomb\" entry entirely because it simply doesn\'t qualify for this trope at all, much less the \"Real Life\" section. To actually reach \"Doomsday\" levels of destruction with this, you\'d need an insanely large amount of these, which in itself is missing the point anyway if nuclear weapons by themselves are usually considered the \"weapons of the end\" or something like that. Indeed I was the last one to slightly edit this entry, but the only reason it was ever added here in the first place is because the last editor to add it wrongly believed that just \'\'one\'\' such bomb is already a \"Doomsday Device\". It\'s true that it leaves behind extraordinarily longlasting radioactivity on the affected field, but it\'s extremely unpredictable and highly unlikely to uniformly spread evenly, so there\'s just about no strategic value to it (hence why such a weapon was never built anyway and most probably never will when you consider today\'s standards for nuclear warheads). And if you\'re going to tell me that \"an arsenal of such weapons \'\'does\'\' qualify as a doomsday device\", by that logic we\'d include all firearms here because they also have the potential to \"end all life\". Look, I know that not everyone here on TVTropes has to know everything (I mean, neither am I really), but if you\'re going to include an entry in the \'\'Real Life\'\' section, especially something of such magnitude, you have to know what you\'re doing, unless you really want to mislead and terrify people who simply don\'t know better.