I guess that's one way the US can become a third world country, with of course fallout and tons of ruined cities.This was on a reddit forum, and I have no idea the accuracy, it seems to be a bit heavy on state capitols, but it does a good job of visualizing how a 500 ICBM exchange wouldn't be something that we could rebuild from.
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I'm thinking in the case of China vs the U.S. the U.S. Bomber force may be more viable than it would against Russia. Presumably some of the U.S. "Tactical" weapons could be used in this scenario.What about a Russia-China vs America nuclear exchange?
Would Chinese nukes especially their DF31AGs. Analysts suspect they have mobile systems in hidden mountain tunnels near and around Tibet.
If we assume Russia and China are on the same side then the US won't be able to hit every major Chinese city.
The energy grid isn't going to hold up well to EMPs and that many areas being taken down, so I wouldn't count on the internet.
Ground burst EMP rarely exceeds the the thermal pulse area.
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And Internet was developed in part for communications to work after nuclear strikes
Ground burst EMP rarely exceeds the the thermal pulse area.
Having blown out P-N junctions is secondary to being a dull shadow against a concrete wall
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And Internet was developed in part for communications to work after nuclear strikes