I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: D.C. Nuclear Blast Wouldn’t Destroy City, Report Says. “This is what the U.S. government imagines would happen if terrorists set off a nuclear bomb just blocks away from the White House: The explosion would destroy everything in every direction within one-half mile. An intense flash would blind drivers on the Beltway miles away. A radioactive cloud would drift toward Baltimore. But the surprising conclusion? Just a bit farther from the epicenter of the blast, such a nuclear explosion would be pretty survivable.”

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