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• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/this-is-what-a-nuclear-war-between-the-u-s-and-russia-could-look-like/ar-AAVD2hk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=846997994e1e4f3d9f231c1b3abc8809

• TheRussian invasion of Ukrainehas ushered in a return to large-scale conventional warfare.
• If the United States and Russia were to engage in direct air, land, and sea conflict, the risk ofnuclear warwould become much more likely.
• An all-out nuclear war would likely involve more than 3,000 warheads used by both sides, killing well over 100 million Americans and Russians.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is already one of the most destructive and lethal wars in recent memory, from the shelling of cities to the use of thermobaric“vacuum weapons.” That’s led experts and civilians, alike, to wonder what—if NATO and the U.S. become directly involved in the conflict—a nuclear war between Washington and Moscow might look like.

Here,Popular Mechanicsexamines two classic nuclear attack scenarios: a counterforce strike and a countervalue strike. The counterforce scenario…