Labour party ministers have said the UK should “actively prepare for the possibility of the UK coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario”. It’s in response to the growing conflict in the Middle East between Israel, Hamas in Palestine, Iran and the US This is all happening while Vladimir Putin continues his push to take parts of Ukraine for Russia. Read more: State pension 拢11,973 warning to anyone turning 65 soon The National Security Strategy, which was published on 24th June, said the UK must “actively prepare” for a potential “wartime scenario” in its homeland. It added that this was “the first time in many years” that such an event has had to be considered. The review continued: “Meanwhile, some adversaries are laying the foundations for future conflict, positioning themselves to move quickly to cause major disruption to our energy and or supply chains, to deter us from standing up to their aggression.” While it remains deeply unlikely, it does lead one to wonder just how deadly a nuclear assault on the UK would be. Needless to say, it would completely cripple our island and send survivors back to the stone age, but we have the technology to paint a clearer picture. There’s a website, NuclearSecrecy.com, which has a tool called Nuke Map. This deadly premonition estimates the damage which would be dealt by various nuclear weapons. One option is the Topol SS-25, an 800 kiloton nuke currently in Russia鈥檚 arsenal, which, if it struck Westminster in Central London, the nation would be left to crawl out through the fallout devastating a 2.97KM2 area. The Nuke Map states: 鈥淢aximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to damage on the ground depends on the height of detonation. If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout is significantly increased. Anything inside the fireball is effectively vaporised.鈥 With central London now history, the next zone of interest is the ‘moderate blast damage radius’, an area of 134Km2. The website continues: 鈥淎t 5 psi overpressure, most residential buildings collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread. The chances of a fire starting in commercial and residential damage are high, and buildings so damaged are at high risk of spreading fire. Often used as a benchmark for moderate damage in cities.鈥 Camden, Kensington, Brixton as well as Shoreditch, St Pancras, Clapham and Chelsea as well as Clapham Junction, Paddington and Battersea would all be levelled. The third zone is 384km2, with the sphere of devastation continuing: “Third degree burns extend throughout the layers of skin, and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disablement, and can require amputation.鈥 Chiswick, Streatham, Tooting, Stratford, Hampstead, Lewisham, Greenwich and Sydenham as well as Fulham and Walthamstow would all feel the mass effect. The final zone would be the edge of London, including Wembley, Edgware, Hounslow, Barking, Chipping Barnet, Croydon, Sutton, Woolwhich and Enfield. The website states: 鈥淎t around 1psi overpressure, glass windows can be expected to break. This can cause many injuries in a surrounding population who come to a window after seeing the flash of a nuclear explosion (which travels faster than the pressure wave). Often used as a benchmark for light damage in cities.鈥