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I watched the Tom Clancy Movie, The Sum of All Fears recently, and it got me thinking, what if an illicit nuke had been planted in a major American City (Baltimore in the movie) by a terrorist org? Imagine a terrorist org with the same motivation carrying out the attack IRL.
In the movie, the terrorists tried to point the blame towards the Russian Federation. The US would certainly be looking for those responsible, or a scapegoat. Would this spark a nuclear war between the two powers, or would cooler heads prevail (as they did the movie)?
Also, what would the death toll be for such an attack, as portrayed in the movie?