But New Zealand and Australia will be safe from attacks…
The world is at risk of nuclear war. Western countries fear that after Ukraine, Russia could attack them at any time, which would lead to the threat of nuclear war. Earlier, Russia also had the possibility of a nuclear attack on Ukraine. Now, nuclear war expert and investigative journalist Anne Jacobson has said that if a nuclear war breaks out, five billion people could die in less than an hour. She says that only two countries have a real chance of survival, namely New Zealand and Australia.
In an interview on The Diary of a CEO podcast, Jacobson revealed the unimaginable timeline of the disaster. She said that it takes 26 minutes and 40 seconds for a ballistic missile to reach the US East Coast from a Russian launchpad. “This was true in 1959-60 when Herb York (nuclear physicist and former Pentagon scientist) first analyzed it, and it is still true today.
Humanity has less than 90 minutes
Jacobson was a Pulitzer finalist in 2016 for his investigative work on DARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency. He said that humanity will have less than 90 minutes before the world is fundamentally changed. Part of the terrible truth about nuclear war is that if nuclear attacks are carried out, each country that is targeted will know how much time they have. Jacobson said that in the event of an attack, the US president has only six minutes to decide on a retaliatory strike using a classified set of response options known as the “Black Book.” And in that time, the Black Book opens. He has to choose one option from a counter-attack list of options within the Black Book.”
Climate collapse and global famine
The catastrophe will not end with a bang. Jacobson cited research by atmospheric scientist Professor Brian Tun, who warned that the global climate would be devastated. He said that most of the world, certainly the middle part, would be covered in ice sheets… Places like Iowa and Ukraine would be covered in ice for 10 years. Agriculture would disappear, and when agriculture fails, people would starve to death.
He said that sunlight would also become deadly. In addition, you would be exposed to radiation poisoning. Because the ozone layer would be so damaged and destroyed that you would not be able to live outside in the sunlight. You would rot. People would be forced to live underground, food everywhere except in New Zealand and Australia. will be struggling for.
Toon’s analysis suggests that these two countries, New Zealand and Australia, could withstand a nuclear winter better than others. Their geographical isolation and stable climate could keep food production systems safe in the face of nuclear fallout. Jacobson echoed this claim, saying that both countries “could maintain agricultural yields” that would become the world’s most important resource after a nuclear attack.
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