The study quantifies just how catastrophic and wide-reaching a nuclear conflict between the two nations would be.
has found. That's 2.5 times the fatalities of the Second World War, when an estimated 50 million people were killed as a direct consequence of military action.
"Because of the continuing unrest between these two nuclear-armed countries, particularly over Kashmir, it is important to understand the consequences of a nuclear war." The largest nuclear warheads around today contain 3,333 the explosive power of 'Little Boy' , the bomb that fell on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 9, 1945. Seen here in an undated file photo released by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.Robock et al.'s calculations are based on a potential war scenario for 2025, when it is estimated the two countries could have 400 to 500 nuclear weapons between them.
"Such a war would threaten not only the locations where bombs might be targeted but the entire world," said Robock.
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