Fallout - Would You Survive a Nuclear War?
In response to a full-scale nuclear attack, America's policy is to spare more populated cities at the expense of the American Heartland. USA Today has published a new interactive map to show you whether you are likely to survive the fallout of such a war. USA Today’s massive investigative project, The Nuclear Sponge, explores a grim strategic reality: how 450 nuclear missile silos scattered across the Great Plains are designed to act as a "sponge." These silos are intended to absorb an enemy’s first strike, theoretically sparing coastal cities by drawing fire toward the center of the country. To illustrate the human cost of this strategy, USA Today partnered with nuclear weapons historian Alex Wellerstein 1 and researchers from Princeton, Columbia, and Brown University. The resulting interactive map, Fallout maps show what could happen if America’s nuclear missile silos were attacked , visualizes the aftermath of a concerted attack on these silos with terrifying precis...
