Huge military combat has returned asa result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The likelihood of nuclear war would increase significantly if the US and Russia got into an air, land, or sea battle directly. More than 3,004 warheads would undoubtedly be used in an all-out nuclear conflict, which would likely result in the deaths of approximately 100 million Americans and Russians.
The risk of nuclear war would be incontinently disastrous for those who are within the immediate path of the weaponry. But a new study shows just how deadly the compass of such a war would be.
A nuclear blast would prompt a worldwide shortage, according to the study, published in Nature Food recently, as massive quantities of soot would block the sun, disrupt climate systems and limit food production.
Scientists at Rutgers University counterplotted out the consequences of six possible nuclear conflict situations. They said in the study published in the journal Nature Food that a full-scale war between the US and Russia, the worst possible case, would wipe out more than half of humanity.
Disastrous Effects Of Nuclear War
The calculations were based on estimations of the amount of soot that would reach the atmosphere from firestorms sparked by nuclear weapon explosions. Experts were able to assess the yield of important crops on a country basis, thanks to a climate predictive tool provided by the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Researchers discovered that indeed a minor nuclear war, like one between India and Pakistan, would be disastrous. A week-long nuclear conflict with 100 weapons would result in the direct deaths of 29 million people and the release of 5 Tg, or approximately 11 billion pounds, of soot. According to the study, if global trade were to cease after two years and the temperature dropped by 34.7°F, the resulting famine would kill 254 million people, assuming the rest of the population received the bare minimum of food—roughly 1,998 calories per person per day.
According to the study, the world’s biggest scenario under consideration—a week-long conflict involving 4,401 weapons and 150 Tg, or 330.5 billion pounds of soot—would result in the direct deaths of about 361 million people and around 5 billion people from starvation. This conflict would involve the U.S., its allies, and Russia. The soot’s density would result in a more than 58°F drop in global temperatures.
Since the 1961 Cuban Missile Problem, when many people felt the world was headed for nuclear catastrophe when the Soviet Union’s invasion of Ukraine began, the crisis between Russia and the United States has been much worse.
Even a relatively minor battle would severely harm the world’s ability to produce food. The study predicted that a localized conflict between India and Pakistan would result in a 7percentage drop in grain output within five years, while a conflict between the US and Russia would result in a 90percentage decline in production within 3 to 4 years.
Popular Mechanics Scenario
A counterforce assault and a counter value attack are two common nuclear attack scenarios that Popular Mechanics looks at here. In the counterforce situation, Russia’s nuclear arsenal is attacked by American warplanes, submarines, and land-based missiles to eliminate them. The second, more terrifying counter value possibility entails the full-scale deployment of nuclear weapons to eliminate the United States’ capacity to fight a war, with the unintended consequence of bringing American society to a period of pre-industrial growth.
The very first strike, or nuclear surprise attack, would primarily focus on America’s land-based nuclear weapons. North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana would collectively take at least 700 nuclear hits.
The United States had a choice to make at this point: either give up and face an unknown future or fight back. To respond, the United States would have to launch its surviving Intercontinental ballistic missiles and any remaining bombers and use them to search for any outstanding Russian nuclear weapons.
Would A Nuclear Retaliation Be Successful?
The Joint Chiefs of Staff contend that the United States has absolutely nothing to lose by giving it a shot and that by doing so, it might try to lessen the total harm caused by an anticipated second strike. After all, there are currently few reasons to believe in Russia. The United States initiates a counterattack, but it is severely hindered by a shortage of resources because the majority of the Minuteman 3 Intercontinental ballistic missiles and B-2 and B-52 bombers owned by the U.S. Strategic Forces were destroyed in the initial attack.
The rest of Russia’s nuclear weapons are launched, this time to destroy anything that would help the war effort. The attack goes at America’s surviving military installations as well as business, energy, telecommunications, and transport networks anything that makes modern life worthwhile. Although urban areas are not targeted specifically, the structures, structures, and other facilities found there would be obliterated without compassion.
Outcome – Global Repercussions And Utter Destruction
It is highly unlikely that Russia’s attack on Ukraine will ignite a full-scale nuclear conflict. However, the hostility between the United States and Russia over the conflict serves as a reminder that a nuclear conflict is still a possibility as both parties possess nuclear weapons. Additional nuclear weapons won’t make either side any safer in this situation. Even though sides have very different goals, diplomacy can make sure that they can cooperate to prevent the one thing that everybody does not want: nuclear war.
