Russia's Nuke Targets

Things aren't going well for Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and as Russia is continually pushed back and embarrassed, they might resort to more desperate counter-attacks that could change everything! Check out today's epic new video to find out what would happen if Russia unleashed its full nuclear arsenal. Where are its primary targets located? Watch and find out!

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[EricJae.]

I’m in Chicago I’d just rather it hit me directly instead of all that radiation killing me

[trailertrish]

My city is always left out. Music tours, festivals and now this.

[epa]

The question is, would you even WANT to survive the initial exchange? With the nuclear fallout, crop failures, shortages of everything, lawlessness and looting, the total breakdown of society... it brings to mind the old saying "the living shall envy the dead."

[Waseem_Amin]

you know what the saddest bit is. the people in the U.S didn't even ask for this all they want is peace and most are good people.

[trottyong]

I love these uplifting videos. It TOTALLY motivates me to plan for my future.

[SavNout]

Ever wonder if our transparency of government lets a little too much info out into the world. Shouldn't our sub transmitter locations be top secret? I'm sure we have others, but why do we have to let the public know everything that's very important to our security? Just makes it easier for our enemies to find out too.

[robertfrank]

I think if the nuclear strike warning comes over the TV and our phones, I’ll grab some alcohol and a lawn chair and watch the fireworks.

Really, there is no point in trying to escape and die in your car in traffic of people trying to escape

[ChristopherNelsonk]

McClellan AFB? That base has been deactivated for over twenty years.

They want to strategically take out <checks notes> a coast guard hanger and a calfire maintenance facility?

[solaban]

This is common knowledge. Only issue is that the minuteman 3 silos are not on the bases. They are scattered all over the area so no single direct hit on one would take out another. The silos are managed by their local AFB but they are not controlled by them.

[dfdemt]

If this really did happen, the ones killed in the initial explosions would be the lucky ones.

[jasontoddman]

Well, if you live close to one of these Ground Zero sites, then cheer up. Chances are the destruction would happen at night. Russia would likely choose this time to launch a strike because this would be when we were the least prepared while they would be at their most alert in the daytime. So most of us would literally die in our sleep - so fast we never knew what hit us at all. When you think about it that would probably be the best way to go - especially considering the alternative of trying to survive in a post-nuclear apocalypse. You'd literally cease to exist before your own nervous system could register what happened to you even if you were wide awake, let alone sound asleep.

[ronb]

Unless I missed something, there is a serious omission in this video: in case of a Russian nuclear first strike, not only would the 3 mentioned US nuclear airforce bases (Malstrom, Minot, Warren) be targeted, but much more importantly:
Each of the 450 Minuteman III missile silo's would be hit by 2 or 3 Russian thermonuclear bombs in a desperate attempt to destroy them before retaliatory launch.
That is 900 to 1350 nukes total, in ground-explosions (groundbursts). Groundbursts generate a lot of radioactive fall-out (contrary to airbursts).
It is likely that Russia would spend most of its actively deployed nuclear arsenal on these silo's, plus US airbases and navy ports.
Few nukes would be left for cities (counterforce versus countervalue).
The high dose fall-out would extend for several hundred (200 to 400) km though, a lower dose even much further.
Much, if not most of the northern Midwest, including the farmland there, would be seriously polluted.
There has been a Princeton study on this.

[WarrensAdventures]

Twice in my lifetime I’ve had to seriously consider the threat of nuclear attack from Russia…

[bohba]

The hardest thing to predict is launch failure rate. The reason this is important is that launch failures massively reduce the stress on the US integrated air defense, and increase the likelihood of a total intercept on a given target.

Combine that with the US' top of the line radars and how we have totally infiltrated Russia's chain of command, and yeah...

[bodymore]

I live in Baltimore so nuclear war actually sounds a bit safer then going outside

[UMCorian]

My understanding is that Czar Bomba is not possible to launch via missile: it would have to basically be dropped out of a large airplane due to its sheer size. Really limits their ability to use it against America.

[andrewconvey]

I have depression and i find this video very helpful and relaxing.

[cordellsmith]

Any Nukes launched over populated cities would likely be air burst, thus reducing fallout but extending the blast radius (which increases the immediate destruction). This is what was done in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the nukes where detonated over a kilometer above the surface. In fact, there was so little fallout in Hiroshima that it is now fully inhabited today.

[chrisstarcher]

I don't fear nuclear war. There's nothing fear can do to stop it, and I can take comfort in mutual destruction. As long as we make sure that Russia can never do this to another nation.

[punishedfoxo]

Russia almost certainly doesn't have anything close to a Tsar Bomba yield anymore, and they were never practical in the first place.
The AN602 was notorious for very much being thrown together. Some have suggested (also implied by recent pictures) that it consisted of a primary mounted ahead of the forward bulkhead containing the two secondaries. The secondaries used simply don't exist anymore, as 1mt+ warheads are really out of favour.
There's also the issue with expiration dates, as all nuclear weapons degrade and decay over time. Not only do radioactive materials decay over time, but polymers and advanced materials degrade if they're exposed to radiation for any extended period. After a point, they need to be disassembled and decommissioned. The bigger the bomb, the more radiation and the faster it reaches the end of its shelf life.