If India fires a nuclear missile on Pakistan..., how much area will be destroyed? Figures reveal shocking...

India.com

02-05-2025

If India fires a nuclear missile on Pakistan…, how much area will be destroyed? Figures reveal shocking…
New Delhi: Pakistan is a safe haven for terrorists and the roots of terrorist attacks anywhere in the world are always linked to the neighbouring country. Pak, after facing defeat in all four wars (1947 to 1999) with India, realised that it can never win a direct war. It then made terrorism a weapon. Islamabad does terror attacks in India and when New Delhi talks about retaliation, the country threatens with a nuclear attack, knowing the fact that India is a much bigger nuclear power. If the situation ever worsens so much that India has to drop a nuclear bomb in response, then cities such as Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad can be reduced to dust in a few minutes. One nuke bomb and how big a part of Pakistan is destroyed. Let's know.
It is noteworthy that, nuclear weapon has been used only once in an actual war. During ] World War II, America dropped nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities—Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These attacks made the world realise the destructive power of nuclear weapons. After seeing the devastating results of the nuclear blast on Hiroshima and Nagasaki every country in the world consider nuclear weapon as a last resort. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima: On 6 August 1945, during the Second World War II, American B 29 bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Japan's Hiroshima. Name of the atomic bomb: 'Little Boy'
Weight: About 4399.8 Kg
Explosion: Occurred at a height of 2,000 feet
Power of the bomb: 15 Kiloton or 15,000 tons of TNT.
Impact: The city was destroyed up to 12.9 square km.
Deaths: About 80,000 people died instantly.
Nagasaki: 9 August 1945 Another B 29 bomber dropped a plutonium based bomb on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. Bomb Name: 'Fat Man'
Explosion: Occurred at 1,650 feet above sea level.
Bomb Power: 21 Kiloton or 21,000 tons of TNT.
Explosion: Its power was 40% more than 'Little Boy'
Blast: Humans and animals within a radius of 1 km were killed almost instantly.
Deaths: About 40,000 people died instantly
Aftermath: Tens of thousands of people died from radiation for months and years
India's Nuclear Trials Power
Notably, India has done two nuclear tests, first in 1974 under the leadership of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the other was in 1998, during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's regime.
Pokhran 1 – 'Smiling Buddha'
'On 18 May 1974, India conducted a nuclear explosion for the first time at the Pokhran Test Site, which was given the code name 'Smiling Buddha'. Pokhran I was the first demonstration of India's nuclear technology. This nuk test brought India into the nuclear club. The bomb had a yield of about 15 Kiloton (15,000 tons of TNT).
What would happen if Smiling Buddha bomb explodes over Islamabad?
If a nuclear bomb of this massive power detonated in the air over Islamabad, it would kill about 75,470 instantly, and about 1,53,410 would be injured.
Fireball Radius: 198 m (0.12 km²): The size of the fireball depends on the height of the explosion. Anything inside the fireball will be blown away completely
Radiation radius (500 rem): 1.1 km (3.78 km²): 500 rem radiation is extremely dangerous; death can occur within about a month. 15% of survivors may later die of cancer. Pokhran 2 – 'Operation Shakti'
India conducted five nuclear tests on 11 and 13 May 1998 and declared itself a nuclear weapon state. The tests included – 45 kiloton thermonuclear bomb, a 15 kiloton fission bomb and a 0.2 kiloton.
What will happen if the Operation Shakti bomb explodes on Islamabad
If 45 Kiloton nuk bomb is detonated in the air over Islamabad: Estimated deaths: 1,26,070 / Estimated injured: 2,27,140.
Fireball Radius: 307 m (0.9 km²): The size of the fireball depends on the height of the explosion.
Radiation Radius (500 rem): 1.16 km (4.25 km²): 500 rem radiation is extremely dangerous; death can occur within about a month. 15% of survivors may later die of cancer
Medium blast damage radius (5 psi): At 5 psi of pressure, a 19.6 square km area (a radius of approx 2.5 km) would experience widespread building collapse, resulting in significant injuries and fatalities. The increased risk of fire spread in densely populated residential and commercial areas would lead to moderate levels of urban damage.
Radius of damage from a mild explosion (1 psi): A nuclear explosion at 1,070 meters altitude can cause glass windows to break within a 7.03 km radius (155 square km area) due to the pressure wave. This level of damage, resulting from the initial flash and subsequent pressure, is considered relatively minor in urban areas, though it poses a significant risk of injury to those nearby.