This Is What A Nuclear Missile Attack On Hawaii Would Look Like

A rendering of a 200 kt nuclear missile strike on Hawaii, courtesy of the Nukemap tool. Nukemap / Alex Wellerstein

Defense One: What A Nuclear Missile Attack On Hawaii Would Look Like

A blast over Honolulu would be catastrophic. That doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t help the public prepare for one.

Minutes after the people of Hawaii received an emergency alert on their phones last week, they began calling loved ones to issue tearful goodbyes and putting their children in storm drains. This tells you that the government has a long way to go to better educate people about the realities of nuclear attack.

Hawaii, for all its beauty, is a relatively poor location to experience a nuclear strike. Its isolation offers little chance for swift evacuation and would likely complicate government efforts to provide medicine and food relief. Its prevailing high winds could have an unpredictable effect on the dispersal of radiation. Yet there is much that government officials could do that might reduce panic before a strike and hardship afterwards.

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WNU Editor: The website "Nukemap" that measures the impact of a nuclear detonation can be viewed here.