While media depictions and popular fears center on nuclear strikes against densely populated urban areas – think New York or Los Angeles – a nuclear strike against America would most likely prioritize America’s nuclear infrastructure.
For the first time in a generation, the prospect of nuclear war has Americans on edge.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use a tactical nuke against Ukraine.
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is threatening to use a nuke.
Iran is understood to possess a nuclear breakout capacity.
Border-disputing rivals India and Pakistan both possess nuclear arsenals.
The geopolitical arena is full of friction. U.S. President Biden reflected growing anxieties, not too long ago warning of “armageddon” and comparing today’s environment to the Cuban Missile Crisis – which is the closest anyone has come to a nuclear exchange since the conclusion of World War II.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke in similar terms, stating that nuclear war was possible.