What country is most likely to start a nuclear war?

Only 3 countries can be real trigger of nuclear WW3 now: USA, Russia and China. Next candidates in the future are tandems India / Pakistan, Iran / Israel.

Does Australia have nukes?

Australia does not possess any nuclear weapons and is not seeking to become a nuclear weapons state. Australia’s core obligations as a non-nuclear weapon state are set out in the NPT.

Does Australia have a powerful military?

According to the index, Australia has an active military comprising of 60,000 personnel while India has 1,362,500 while China 2,183,000, Pakistan has 637,000 while Bangladesh has 160,000 military personnel. According to the report, Australia Army has a total of 59 combat tanks and 2040 armoured fighting vehicles.

Could Australia’s cities have survived the Cold War?

THE US-Australian joint defence installations were almost certainly Russian nuclear targets during the Cold War. However, Australia’s cities might well have survived unscathed if superpower tensions had erupted into a global conflagration, according to a top secret intelligence assessment released by the National Archives of Australia.

Could you survive a nuclear war in Victoria?

The plot suggests that if nuclear war breaks out in the northern hemisphere, the Victorian capital is likely to be one of the last places the radiation cloud reaches. If war spreads, you could always go further south to Antarctica. It will be chilly, but with adequate supplies and shelter you could survive several months.

What would happen if Australia was hit by a nuclear explosion?

The National Library, the National Museum and the National Gallery would also likely crumble under the pressure of the air blast. The Australian War Memorial and the Royal Australian Mint would fall just outside the thermal radiation zone. A direct hit on Hobart’s CBD would see a lot of the blast rip across the River Derwent.

How many people would survive a nuclear war?

None would survive. But some people might survive because of their remoteness from the nuclear blast zones and because they live in areas reasonably warm enough to withstand the three year nuclear winter.