Blast map shows carnage in 4 UK cities named as targets by Russia | UK | News

Russia has threatened to bomb four UK cities it says are used to make munitions for Ukraine, and these simulations show what would happen if Putin launched a nuclear attack on us.

The Kremlin listed London, Leicester, Reading and Mildenhall in Suffolk, as well as various locations in Europe where it claimed drones and equipment for Ukraine were being produced.

Russian Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev mocked European countries in a post on X and said alarmingly: “Sleep well, European partners!”

Russia on Thursday targeted civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles and dozens of missiles in an attack that lasted from daylight hours into the night, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.

Russia carried out its biggest aerial bombardment in almost two weeks, launching nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, targeting primarily civilians, officials said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the operation was launched “in retaliation” for Ukrainian attacks deep within Russia, where long-range drones and missiles hit Russian oil refineries and war-related production facilities.

The Ministry of Defense claimed that the Russian dam targeted facilities affiliated with the Ukrainian armed forces.

While the chances of an unstoppable nuclear attack on the UK remain low, the Nuclear Secrecy website has a tool to show what Russia’s Topol (SS-25) 800kt nuclear missile would do to four targets in the UK.

The Nuclear Map explains what’s in each of the four zones in each city.

For the orange area of ​​effect: “Maximum size of a nuclear fireball; relevance to ground damage depends on the height of the explosion. If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout increases significantly. Everything inside the fireball is effectively vaporized.”

The next zone is ‘moderate explosion damage radius’. This can collapse buildings and start fires. The map states: “At 5 psi overpressure most residential buildings collapse, injuries universal, fatalities common. Fire likely to occur in commercial buildings [buildings] and damage to residential buildings is high, and buildings damaged in this way have a high risk of fire spreading.”

The third yellow zone, further away from the point of impact, will be in slightly better shape. The map states: “Third-degree burns extend through the layers of the skin and are usually painless because they destroy pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disability and may require amputation.”

Finally, the last area around the edge will see the least damage. The map says this about this area: “At overpressure of approximately 1 psi, glass windows can be expected to break. This can cause many injuries to the surrounding population who come to the window after seeing the flash of a nuclear explosion (which travels faster than the pressure wave).”

The UK government emphasizes that its nuclear deterrent would theoretically prevent such a hypothetical disaster.

Via Gov.uk, he says: “The UK’s independent nuclear deterrent has existed for over 60 years to deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, ensuring our security and that of our NATO allies.

“The risk of nuclear conflict is a remote possibility, but the size, diversity and complexity of the threats the UK faces are increasing, so we must be able to deter the most extreme acts of aggression against us and our NATO allies.”

“The UK has taken a consistent and pioneering approach to nuclear disarmament, but not all states have followed. Some are significantly increasing and diversifying their nuclear capabilities. We must ensure that they can never use their nuclear weapons to threaten us, constrain our decision-making or sponsor nuclear terrorism.

“Sometimes these threats can feel far removed from our daily lives, but the UK must have the capacity to protect itself and its NATO allies. Deterrence plays an important role in keeping the public safe, and giving up our nuclear deterrent would put us all at greater risk.”

“Since April 1969, the Royal Navy has continuously maintained maritime deterrence, with at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine patrolling the seas undetected at all times, ready to respond to the most extreme threats to the United Kingdom. Its primary purposes are to maintain peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression.”

“This maritime sustained deterrent (CASD) is the most capable, resilient and cost-effective platform on which our independent nuclear deterrent can be deployed.”