What if a nuke is accidentally launched?

There is no way to recall a nuclear ballistic missile once it has been launched, and they do not have self- destruct mechanisms. Even if the military or president realized immediately that a launch was mistaken, there would be nothing they could do to stop the missile from reaching its target.

Can a nuke explode by itself?

Although no accidental nuclear explosion has ever occurred, nuclear weapons, like conventional shells, bombs and rockets, pose accident hazards. But weapons designers say the risks are small. The shock wave created by the conventional explosion squeezes the plutonium enough to initiate a chain fission reaction.

What happens when the US attacks China with nuclear weapons?

The United States carries out a nuclear attack on a Chinese port city, and it appears to have no domestic social effect, except to lead the public to bray for blood. Millions are killed, tens of millions are displaced domestically in the United States.

Will there be a tactical nuclear World War between India and China?

In a ridiculous deus ex machina, India attacks both Chinese and US vessels, bringing about an end to the war. There is no such thing as a “tactical” nuclear world war. There has never been a full-scale war between two countries armed with nuclear weapons.

What would happen if the world was bombed with nuclear weapons?

In an all-out nuclear attack, most of the industrialized world would have been bombed back to the Stone Age, with hundreds of millions killed outright and perhaps as many as a billion or more dying of radiation, disease and famine in the postwar period. (This first appeared several years ago.)

Is Russia threatening to destroy the US with nuclear war?

Russian state media on Sunday made a shocking threat, even by its own extreme standards, that detailed how Moscow would annihilate US cities and areas after a nuclear treaty collapsed and put the Cold War rivals back in targeting mode.