USA - An expert who has written a new book about the tactics and technology of nuclear warfare warns that in the event of a launch being detected, the future of mankind would be determined in just six minutes. An expert has issued a stark warning about the threat of nuclear war, claiming that "no matter how it starts, it ends with everyone dead". Annie Jacobsen, who has authored several best-selling books on America’s military, including studies of top-secret research lab DARPA and the infamous Area 51, says that in the event of a Russian or Chinese missile launch being detected, the US president would have just six minutes to make a crucial decision.
Do they retaliate – leading inevitably to the deaths of almost the entire world population – or allow one of America's cities to be wiped off the map? “We are one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear Armageddon and no matter how nuclear war starts, it ends with everyone dead," she said.