A nuclear war expert has revealed the safest place in the world to live if the worst were to happen. Terrifyingly, 60 per cent of the world’s population could be wiped out within the first 72 minutes of a nuclear weapon attack, according to the specialist.
Author and investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen has disclosed exactly what could happen in the event of an attack, and who would be most protected geographically. Last year, Annie, 57, appeared on Steven Bartlett’s podcast, Diary Of A CEO, where she shared her expertise.
She explained that Professor Brian Toon, a leading expert on climate and atmospheric science, told her that New Zealand and Australia are the two countries worldwide that could survive a nuclear war, due to their “sustain agriculture.”
Annie said: “Most of the world, certainly the mid-latitudes, would be covered in sheets of ice… places like Iowa and Ukraine would be just snow for 10 years. Agriculture would fail, and when agriculture fails, people just die.
“On top of that, you have the radiation poisoning because the ozone layer will be so damaged and destroyed that you couldn’t be outside in the sunlight – people will be forced to live underground fighting for food everywhere except in New Zealand and Australia.”
The writer also told Politico last year, she said: “It takes 26 minutes and 40 seconds for a ballistic missile to get from a launchpad in Russia to the East Coast of the United States. That was true in 1959-60 when [nuclear physicist and former Pentagon scientist] Herb York first had the analysis done, and it’s true today.
“Ballistic missile technology hasn’t changed the laws of gravity. No matter what you do, that still is that window to launch to your target. Pyongyang is 33 minutes because it’s a little bit different geographically.”
The expert shared more shocking revelations and claimed that, in the event of a nuclear war, the acting US President would have just six minutes to react. Annie revealed: “Part of the terrifying truth about nuclear war, or if a nuclear exchange were to unfold, is the insane time clock that was put on everything from the moment nuclear launch is detected.”
She said: “And so is the fact that the president has only six minutes, that’s the rough time to make this decision. And in that time, the ‘Black Book’ gets opened; he must make a choice from a counterattack list of choices inside the ‘Black Book’.”
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