India magazine paints scenario of horror of nuclear war
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NEW DELHI, Jun 04, 2002 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- A nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would obliterate major urban centers in both countries and cause the deaths of millions, an Indian weekly magazine says in a special report on the horrors of a nuclear war between the feuding neighbors.
India Today, which looked at the nuclear apocalypse in its latest issue on sale Tuesday, says the Indian capital New Delhi would turn into a mammoth graveyard if it is hit by a nuclear strike from Pakistan.
An Indian nuclear reprisal, it says, would in turn completely destroy the urban areas of Islamabad and other major Pakistani population centers.
The India Today cover carries a scene of horror-stricken Indians fleeing the capital with a huge mushroom cloud serving as background.
Inside, the article tells the story of the horror of nuclear weapons, using pictures and data on the destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japanese atom-bombed cities, by way of illustration.
The article says if New Delhi comes under nuclear attack, up to 200,000 people near the blast center would die within 5 seconds.
In 10 seconds, all buildings within 10 kilometers of the hypocenter would be destroyed.
Within 10 hours, the Indian military would launch a major nuclear reprisal and Pakistan may vanish as a country, it says.
The article also cites an estimate by the U.S. Pentagon that up to 12 million people will die in India and Pakistan in case of a nuclear exchange between them.
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