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Map of the nuclear bomb, what would be the consequences of an atomic attack by the US on North Korea, Russia and China...
The US has unwittingly drawn into numerous conflicts around the world to support its allies, while also facing tensions with China over several issues, including trade.
The recent escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war has led to increased talk of nuclear war, and Newsweek has analyzed the impact of a US nuclear weapon on the capitals of North Korea, Russia and China.
The study used maps created by Alex Wellerstein, a professor and historian of nuclear technology, to estimate what the impact would be if the B-83, the largest weapon currently in the US arsenal, were used.
The radius of the fireball (inner yellow circle), in which everything would be vaporized by the intense heat rising to millions of degrees F, would be about 1.59 square miles. The more moderate radius of blast damage (inner gray circle), covering 67.7 square miles of the blast, would destroy residential buildings.
Anyone within 211 square miles of the blast (radius of thermal radiation: wider orange circle) would be at risk of suffering third-degree burns all over the skin, "often painless because pain nerves are destroyed."
Within the blast radius (widest gray circle), 535 square miles from the blast, glass windows will shatter, potentially causing injury.
Newsweek has reached out to the US and Russian defense departments via email for comment. She has also reached out to the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations as well as the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, via email, for comment.
Pyongyang, North Korea
In Pyongyang, an estimated 1,327,820 people would die and 1,105,660 would be injured. In any given 24-hour period in the city, there are an average of 3,177,764 people within the light blast radius (1 psi) of the simulated explosion.
Moscow, Russia
In any given 24-hour period in Moscow, there are an average of 10,222,930 people within the light blast radius (1 psi) of the simulated explosion. About 1,374,840 would die and 3,747,220 would be injured.
Beijing, China
About 1,548,460 would die in Beijing, where there are an average of 9,038,075 people within the mild blast radius (1 psi) of the simulated explosion in any given 24-hour period. About 3,332,190 would suffer injuries.
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The US has supported Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia, with President Vladimir Putin signing an updated nuclear doctrine into law, which states that Russia will make "all necessary efforts to reduce the nuclear threat" and aims to prevent the escalation of tensions between states that could lead to "military conflicts, including nuclear ones".
It also says that nuclear deterrence should also ensure "an understanding by a potential adversary of the inevitability of retaliation in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies." / Pamphlet
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