Dr. Redlener Identified Six Cities That Have the Greatest Likelihood of Being Attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D. C. , Los Angeles, San Francisco, and...
Dr. Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston. Only New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles' emergency management websites give ways to respond to a radioactive disaster.
What places in the US would be nuked?
The cities that would most likely be attacked are Washington, New York City and Los Angeles. Using a van or SUV, the device could easily be delivered to the heart of a city and detonated. The effects and response planning from a nuclear blast are determined using statics from Washington, the most likely target.
According to AsapSCIENCE's video, a one-megaton bomb, 80 times larger than the bomb detonated over Hiroshima in 1945, can affect people up to 13 miles away. They would experience flash blindness on a clear day, whereas those around 52.8 miles away would be temporarily blinded on a clear night, says Science Alert.
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