Terrifying Simulation Shows Atomic Bombs Obliterating Countries: 34 Million Would Die in Hours

“It is estimated that there would be more than 90 million people dead and injured within the first few hours of the conflict,” researchers conclude after creating a simulation of a nuclear war.

The model of the simulation, which is based on realistic data on targets, nuclear force postures and estimates of how many injured and dead there would be has predicted that within a few hours 34.1 million people would die and another 55.9 million would be injured in the catastrophic conflict – subsequent deaths from nuclear fallout and other effects are not included in these figures.

Dubbed “Plan A”, the simulation, made by engineering and international affairs expert Alex Glaser of Princeton University and his colleagues, was drawn up in relativity to various assessments of the two major forces’ military postures, war plans and targets, as well as extensive research and data on currently deployed nuclear weapons, bomb yields and the progression order such a war would have.

Each side aiming to take out each other’s nuclear power after phases of tactical and strategical planning would be the most probable perpetrator for a nuclear war.

In the scenario created for the simulation, a warning shot is fired by Russia from a base near Kaliningrad, on the Black Sea, which is gunning to prevent a US-NATO advance. A single tactical air strike would then hit Russia as a response from NATO, with further conflict escalating to full on tactical nuclear war with Europe as the war zone.

After trading blows with warheads, it’s expected that the final phase of the conflict would include both sides aiming to take out each other’s economic centres and largest cities with 5-10 nukes for each – something that would prevent any possible recovery and by the researchers’ conclusion, would see 85.3 million casualties within 45 minutes.

Researchers have commented that the project’s goal is to highlight the devastation a nuclear war would cause, while saying chances of a nuclear war keep increasing with the United States and Russia continuing development on new kinds of nuclear weapons and expanding the circumstances in which they might be used.