Mounting global tensions have prompted nuclear security experts to revisit a question most Americans would rather not contemplate: which cities would adversaries target first if World War 3 became a reality?
Professor Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian at Stevens Institute of Technology and creator of the widely-used NUKEMAP weapons effects simulator, has outlined the 15 US cities most likely to face attack, according to an analysis shared with the Daily Mail. The findings reveal that geography and military infrastructure, rather than population alone, determine vulnerability.
