Chilling timeline of what would happen in the days, months and years after a nuclear attack on America

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In her book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, she featured exclusive interviews with world-leading scientists and experts on nuclear winter. Join the debate What would you risk or sacrifice to prevent nuclear war and save humanity’s future? A nuclear weapon would vaporize most neighborhoods in major cities

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A global nuclear war would see an estimated 360 million people die almost instantly after the bombs hit. The idea of 'nuclear winter' first came to the world's attention in an article by scientist Carl Sagan in 1983. Thousands of years after nuclear bombings: All evidence of today's civilization is erasedAlbert Einstein famously said about nuclear war: 'I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.'

Source: Daily Mail March 08, 2026 05:00 UTC