The realities of Nuclear War

 

Correspondence also sent to London Metropolitan Police and to Home Secretary Priti Patel

On the left, the image of London areas affected that could be bigger if instead of a 100 kiloton bomb there were several nuclear heads multiplying the destructive power. A missile can carry 14 nuclear heads.

Within the four inner circles, buildings will be erased and people will die immediately. Within the outer circle and beyond, radiation effects will take over. Some will die immediately and others will die painfully slowly. The descendants of those who manage to survive will be born with mutations and deformities.

During the evening, London has a population of about 8 million people. During daytime, the population of London grows because of commuting to the capital. So the estimate is that more than 4 million people will die immediately, the rest will die slowly suffering from high radiation doses.

 

The Russian Federation has stated very publicly that any no-fly zone will be a declaration of war while the Ukrainian President is attacking NATO for not implementing a no fly-zone. Since central areas of London are the site of political authorities and financial sectors, it would be expected that most Members of Parliament will be killed in the first blast. Buckingham Palace will be wiped out. Downing Street and other key departments like the Treasury will be wiped out. The City will be wiped out. Government, banking, communications, transport, financial activities will be paralysed. London will come to an abrupt halt.

London will have 15 minutes to prepare for it and it will happen when Britain least expect it for maximum repercussion and dire consequences. This will lead to the point of having to declare martial law in the United Kingdom. Civil rule will come to an end. In the chaos, healthcare facilities will not be able to cope. The rule of law will collapse with authorities struggling to maintain public order. Perfect environment for violence and widespread looting. Judging by the consequences of the riots because of the death of a black man in Tottenham some years ago and the inability of Police authorities to cope and prevent the spread of violence and looting across London that included burning of public and private property, I doubt very much that in a nuclear attack scenario Police forces will be able to cope and I also doubt that Armed Forces will be able to cope as radiation levels in Greater London will be so high that everybody who enters the area will be exposed to deadly radiation levels.  

 

Some years ago, there was a nuclear accident in Chernobyl. For many years, radiation exposure reached as far as Scotland. If a nuclear incident happens in London (or in several big cities including London) the entirety of the United Kingdom will be affected. The losses for Britain will be catastrophic. The human, social and financial consequences will be catastrophic. The British way of life will be wiped out.

This is why I feel so strongly that certain public statements made as knee-jerk reactions are extremely damaging and extremely dangerous. Cutting communication links is suicidal and this has effectively led to tit for tat reactions on both sides of the argument across the world. I always remind everybody about the Law of Unintended Consequences when events have a life of their own, when we lose control and end up just reacting to events that unfold and cannot be stopped.

I would suggest that only the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the authority to issue official statements about the conflict. I copy this correspondence to London’s Metropolitan Police because they will be the ones leading with first stages of dealing with the catastrophe.

Faslane and other military installations as well as nuclear reactors and communication networks including airports and port facilities are obvious targets. With the fallout, digital transactions across the United Kingdom will be affected and this means that every aspect of life in the United Kingdom will be disrupted.  

Within 20 minutes, depending on the location of launching sites, most of what we know will be destroyed forever.

This is why I believe that restraint both in terms of what is said and of what is done is crucially important. Public hysteria promoted by mass media in the United Kingdom spreads across all levels of society in the United Kingdom.

Karl Hohenstauffen

London England United Kingdom