Nuclear war expert reveals safest part of the world to live after atomic bomb blast if WW3 broke out

If World War 3 broke out and nuclear bombs were launched, most of the world would be in serious dangerbut according to nuclear war expert and investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen, there are only two places on Earth where people might actually survive: New Zealand and Australia.

Jacobsen, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and respected voice on military and defense issues, explained that if a full-scale nuclear war happened, about five billion people could die within just 72 minutes. She said a nuclear attack would throw the world into what’s called a “nuclear winter.

That means huge clouds of smoke and ash would block sunlight, drop temperatures, and destroy agriculture around the globe especially in the middle parts of the world like the U.S. Midwest and Ukraine. These places would be buried in snow and ice for up to ten years.

Without crops, most people would starve. On top of that, radiation from the blasts would damage the ozone layer so badly that just being outside in the sun would be dangerous. People would likely have to live underground to survive.

But Jacobsen said that Australia and New Zealand are located in a part of the world that might escape the worst of the cold and radiation. They could still grow food and survive while the rest of the world fights over scraps.

She also gave a chilling timeline: a nuclear missile launched from Russia could hit the U.S. East Coast in just 26 minutes and 40 seconds. A missile from North Korea could reach the U.S. in about 33 minutes. That means the U.S. president would only have around six minutes to make a life-or-death decision using the “nuclear football”a briefcase with a set of launch options known as the Black Book.

The terrifying part, Jacobsen said, is that these timelines aren’t guesses they’re based on hard science and haven’t changed since the Cold War. She warns that if a nuclear war ever does break out, the decisions will have to be made in minutes, and the damage will last for decades.