Maps reveal how much of London would be vapourised in a nuclear attack

The USSR-designed Tsar bomb would possible wipe out a lot of south east England (Image: nuclearsecrecy.com)

With fears rising of a brand new battle in Europe billed because the worst since World Battle Two, maps have proven how a lot injury bombs might trigger if fired from Russia.

On-line software ‘Nukemap’ and its sister web site ‘Missilemap’ – constructed by nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein – present the potential catastrophic outcomes if east-west tensions ever did end in WW3.

A weapon already in Russia’s arsenal – the Topol (SS-25) – might for instance kill almost 1 million folks and injure one other 2.2 million if dropped on London.

The blast vary of the 800kt bomb would engulf the whole lot of the town, with its results being felt from Enfield within the north proper right down to Croydon within the south.

These dwelling within the inner-ring of the capital would possible undergo third diploma burns so robust they might destroy an individual’s ache nerves.

The Tsar Bomba – probably the most highly effective nuclear weapon ever examined by the then Soviet Union in 1961 – would trigger way more injury to the town.

Nukemap estimates a bomb of this dimension might kill 5.7million and injure an extra 3.4million.

An space stretching from Bedfordshire within the north to Burgess Hill within the south could be caught up within the fallout. A 100mt model of the bomb that was designed however by no means examined would trigger much more injury.

This map exhibits the injury prone to be brought on by a Topol bomb that's at the moment in Russia’s arsenal (Image: nuclearsecrecy.com)

Russian president Vladimir Putin has been flexing his nuclear muscular tissues just lately amid elevated tensions with the west over Ukraine.

He spent Saturday watching huge nuclear drills, which concerned a number of observe missile launches.

Earlier this month Mr Putin gave a chilling warning that battle in Europe could be inevitable, if Ukraine had been allowed to hitch Nato.

He stated the alliance would inevitably be drawn right into a combat earlier than reminding the world that his nation remains to be ‘one of many main nuclear states’.

Russia paraded its Topol ballistic missile in Moscow in 2009 (Image: Getty)

However Nukemap exhibits US and UK bombs might trigger as a lot injury to Moscow – ought to they ever be used.

The B-83, the biggest weapon at the moment within the US’s arsenal, might kill 1.3 million and injure 3.7 million if dropped on the Russian capital.

A W-76, a weapon frequent within the UK and France’s arsenals, might kill 250,000 and injure 1 million.

The large 15mt Fortress Bravo – the biggest bomb the US has ever examined – wouldn't solely kill or injure almost 8 million however might end in radiation spreading almost 1,000km away from the blast web site.

In keeping with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Russia’s has a suspected nuclear arsenal of 6,257 warheads.

With 5,550, the US has barely much less and its Nato allies France and UK have 290 and 225 respectively.

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