It is the scenario wherein the U.S. and Russia launch their nuclear weapons, and the multiple strikes in both countries and on other secondary targets around the world destroy many of the world's large urban centers and strategic installations. There will be an extended loss of life as economic systems collapse. The world will revert to a less advanced and interconnected place and will suffer under the after effects of the many blasts and all the environmental damage that they will do. Human life will be pushed to the brink of extinction.
Big Bomb - It is more the scenario when the entire world is devastated by a globe shattering nuclear war that turns the world into a desolate waste. A nuclear Holocaust is the event where most of human life is wiped from existence by nuclear devastation, it would not just involve the United States and Russia, but more or less all nations with a nuclear arsenal. These include the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France.
Big Bomb - A nuclear holocaust usually involves the widespread use of nuclear weapons detonating the major cities of the world. Most likely, the communists would join together in targeting the capitalist nations. New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago would be primary targets for Russia, while Moscow and other major urban centres in Russia would be big targets for the US.
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Eventually there were so many nuclear weapons, total destruction of the Earth was possible. The term "Mutually assured destruction (MAD)" was used to describe the resulting holocaust.
Nuclear weapons were used twice in combat against the Japanese Empire in 1945. In order to decisively end the Pacific War Hiroshima and Nagasaki became the only cities (in so far) to witness a nuclear holocaust. Many nuclear tests have been conducted since, with hydrogen and neutron types also detonated. The last suspected nuclear tests were by North Korea in February 2013.
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