Chilling video shows how World War 3 between Russia and US would kill millions after plunging globe into nuclear winter

A CHILLING video has revealed how a World War 3 between Russia and the US would kill millions after plunging the planet into a horror nuclear winter. The grim simulation predicts how cities around the globe will be wiped out following an initial nuclear air strike. The simulation predicts the consequences of a World War 3 between the US and RussiaFuture of Life Institute/YouTube Future of Life Institute/YouTubeFirestorms and deadly infernos will spread through cities, according to the predictions[/caption] The video highlights the blast that London would face if they were targetedFuture of Life Institute/YouTube The four-minute animation posted to YouTube by Future Of Life Institute is based on detailed modelling of nuclear targets, missile trajectories and the potential effects of deadly blasts. It aims to highlight the devastating consequences that could be inflicted upon the globe if Russia and the US were to go head-to-head in a World War 3. The model predicts that it wouldn’t matter which country starts the war as when one side launches nuclear missiles, the other side would detect them almost instantly and fire them back before impact. The clip goes on to explain that ballistic missiles from US submarines west of Norway would begin striking Russia after around ten minutes – with Russian missiles from north of Canada targeting the US just minutes later. The first strikes are high-altitude EMP – electromagnetic pulse – attacks that would result in power grids and electronics being fried by the tens of thousands of volts. The next set of strikes through land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles target command-and-control centres and nuclear launch facilities, which will take around 30 minutes to travel from launch to target. Major cities are targeted next in the prediction, due to them containing military facilities and to hinder the enemy’s post-war recovery. Each of the impacts create a lethal fireball about as hot as the core of the sun, followed quickly by a looming radioactive mushroom cloud. The video predicts that the intense explosions will terrifyingly vaporise humans who are unlucky enough to be close-by and cause deadly fires and instant blindness to those further away. The blazing fireball expansion then induces a mega blast wave that brings down buildings and crushes nearby ones. Future Of Life Institute goes on to explain that the UK and France have nuclear capabilities and are obliged by NATO’s Article 5 to defend the US so, Russia hits them too. Terrifying inferno’s engulf many major cities, where storm-level winds fan the flames, setting alight anything that can burn, melting glass and some metals and turning asphalt into flammable hot liquid. But the hellish scenes don’t stop there, as peer-reviewed research suggests that the explosions, EMP and radioactivity aren’t even the worst parts. A disastrous nuclear winter would plunge the globe into darkness – caused by the black carbon smoke from the nuclear firestorms. The prediction video states that the Hiroshima atomic bomb caused a similar firestorm, but today’s hydrogen bombs are far more powerful. A major city such as Moscow, with almost 50 times the population of Hiroshima, can create a firestorm that sends thick plumes of black smoke above any rainclouds that would otherwise be able to wash out the smoke. This black cloud would be heated up by sunlight, keeping it in the skies for up to a decade, turning Earth freezing cold even during the summer seasons. A recent scientific paper estimates that over 5 billion people could starve to death, including around 99% of those in the US, Europe, Russia, and China – if the planet was plunged into the cold darkness. The video stresses that although this is just a prediction of the consequences following a nuclear war between the US and Russia, if the outcome is even remotely as bad as scientists think, then there are no winners, only losers. This comes after a chilling nuclear war simulator released last year revealed how a Russian nuclear strike could trigger a global conflict, killing 35 million people in just a matter of hours. Future of Life Institute/YouTubeThe globe would be plunged into darkness and a frim nuclear winter[/caption] Future of Life Institute/YouTubeMajor cities like Moscow would be completely wiped out from the devastating impact[/caption] Future of Life Institute/YouTubeTerrifying inferno’s engulf many major cities, where storm-level winds fan the flames, setting alight anything that can burn[/caption] EPARussia’s deadly Sarmat missile – a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile[/caption] GettyRussian president Vladimir Putin[/caption]