
Worrying nuclear map shows areas where 75% of population would die after WW3
A Cold War-era map shows how the US would cope in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict - and the predictions aren't good.
A chilling Cold War-era map paints a dire picture for the United States following a nuclear conflict, with estimates suggesting up to 75% of the population in the worst impacted zones could perish. The world's nuclear powers include the US, UK, France, Russia, and China, as well as Pakistan, India, and North Korea.
Israel is also presumed to possess nuclear weapons, although it has never officially acknowledged this, while Iran is progressing its substantial uranium enrichment program. A 1986 study by Institute of Medicine researchers William Daugherty, Barbara Levi, and Frank Von Hippel analyzed the potential aftermath of a nuclear strike on the US.
They focused on an attack targeting America's nuclear arsenal, specifically Minuteman missile silos—land-based nukes from the 1950s—which would explode where they are stored. This would lead to extensive radiation spread throughout the country.