Dr Leo Slizard has suggested that a large enough quantity of cobalt bombs could destroy all life on [[Earth]], and several novels and films, such as ''On the Beach'' and ''[[Doctor Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'', have used this possibility as a major plot point. Later films such as ''Return to the Planet of the Apes'' sometimes misrepresented the cobalt bomb as a weapon with a greatly enhanced blast strength. Although this idea has remained popular, it is untrue. | Dr Leo Slizard has suggested that a large enough quantity of cobalt bombs could destroy all life on [[Earth]], and several novels and films, such as ''On the Beach'' and ''[[Doctor Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'', have used this possibility as a major plot point. Later films such as ''Return to the Planet of the Apes'' sometimes misrepresented the cobalt bomb as a weapon with a greatly enhanced blast strength. Although this idea has remained popular, it is untrue. |