We are in the last hour before nuclear war, and the biblical doomsday can come at any time. The image of a nuclear holocaust appearing in literature, TV series and Hollywood movies during the Cold War has made a comeback as the US-led NATO and the Russia-led power bloc are pitted against each other through the proxy war in Ukraine. NATO's nearly 3.5 million strong army and Russia's 1.2 million strong army could clash at any moment if, instead of de-escalation efforts, NATO follows pro-war French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to deploy NATO troops in Ukrainian territory. The sanctions of a historic scale imposed against Russia did not achieve the desired effect of bleeding out the Russian war machine. However, the outcome of a total war between the two blocs will not depend on tens of millions of soldiers to be drafted; it will not be a conventional warfare.

Huge arsenal
The world's nuclear stockpile is stored at an estimated 111 locations in 14 countries, according to an overview produced by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Russia has an estimated 48 permanent nuclear weapon storage sites, of which more than half are on bases for operational forces. Many of the Russian storage sites are in close proximity to each other near large, highly populated areas. The United States stores its nuclear weapons at 21 locations in 13 states and five European countries. In the event of a nuclear war, these sites are all targets, which will most likely be hit in series of strikes by the warring parties in order to prevent further striking back.
An all-out nuclear war between Russia and the US-led NATO would lead to a nuclear holocaust. If one side launches nuclear missiles, the other side would detect them and fire back before they hit the target. The fate of humanity depends on a small circle. Let's assume that the Russians break through the Ukrainian front and push deep into Ukraine. The United States then launches a pre-emptive strike against Russia launching nuclear ballistic missiles stationed in Europe, which reach Russia in just fifteen minutes. In response, the Russians launch ballistic missiles across the Arctic Circle into the US core area, which hit their designated sites in twenty minutes.