'Hundreds of millions would die in the first 72 minutes of nuclear war', expert warns

Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday emailSomething went wrong, please try again later. (Image: Getty Images)“We are one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear Armageddon and no matter how nuclear war starts, it ends with everyone dead," she said. He says, 'How can anyone make a decision to launch nuclear weapons based on a blip on a radar scope?'" "Russia has 1,674 deployed nuclear weapons, same scenario, their weapon systems are on par with ours. “Every source I interviewed for this book, from former Secretaries of Defence, nuclear sub force commanders, Stratcom commanders, FEMA directors, nuclear weapons engineers, they all shared with me the common denominator that nuclear war is insane," she said.