Terrifying map shows how WW3 could decimate entire planet with 'nuclear winter'
dailystar.co.ukWorld War 3 broke out and even the safest locations would suffer from a "nuclear winter" experts say.Professor Andrew Futter at the University of Leicester told the Daily Star that Russian President Vladimir Putin has little to gain from resorting to nukes but warned a bloody civil war may leave him desperate.
The international politics specialist added that Russia using nuclear weapons remains a long way off. But Prof Futter and other leading experts have revealed what the world would look like if WW3 really did break out.
Professor Campbell Craig from Cardiff University reckons hoping the USA would destroy Russian missiles in time is "optimistic" and chillingly conceded most Western cities would be powerless against being reduced to rubble.
He told the Daily Star: "If a nuclear war broke out between NATO and Russia and escalated to a general war, most cities in Russia, Europe, and the US would be targeted and destroyed.
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