What If a Nuke Hit New York City Tomorrow?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2023
- A nuke is the most powerful weapon in the world. A single nuclear weapon, or nuke, can cause unimaginable destruction. So, what if a nuke hit New York City tomorrow? What would be the consequences to the United States and the world as a whole?
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Important to note:
When discussing nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, it's better to refer to these as nuclear processes, not chemical processes. In this video, they were referred to as chemical. Thanks for the comments pointing this out.
#Koranos, your video reminds me of September 11, 2001. I remember the horrible event 😨 in which 4 planes ✈️ were hijacked by a terrorist organization called Al-Qaeda. Two were deliberately crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center 🌎, a third was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth was targeting Washington, D.C. but crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was a very tragic day that changed the world. Nearly 3,000 innocent civilians 😇 were taken away that left us all in a period of grief 😢. We would never forget what happened on that day🇺🇸.
Maybe you could make a dedicated video that pays tribute to the victims on September 11, 2001.
July 9 is my birthday and I would like #Koranos to make a dedicated video about the horrible terrorist attack on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, especially by its 22nd anniversary. We will never forget what happened on that date.
No one is mistaken these if so they should be going back to grade school
@@alphaapple1375 why are you so focused on 9/11? There were multiple events in human history that were so much more impactful and horrible. Obviously I don't want to discredit the dead of 9/11 but the event has gotten more than enough coverage. Other events like the armenian genocide remain pretty unknown in the western world even though a million people perished
The average price of rent would finally go down a bit.
DOUBT IT. they'd definitely raise the subway fare tho
@@nickfederyea they'd find a way to still raise the rent somehow
@@errorhostnotfound1165 if half of New York got blown up by nukes all that means is that the other half’s rent would double. 😂😂
The Cost of your rent will only be radiation poisoning
True. Even a nuclear bomb going off in the middle of city would have its benefits (cheap rent [for all] - "free")! Yay? 😅
That gives me such a hard Kurzgesagt vibe
Intentional, Koranos is Kurzgesagt at home.
They did a much better video long ago
I thought this was a Kurzgesagt video until I saw your comment 🤣
Kurzgesagt is cringe now, so it's like old Kurzgesagt.
Absolutely
I was at work in midtown Manhattan on September 11th. My coworkers and I left the city as quickly as we could that day because no one could be sure what exactly was happening or if a larger attack was incoming. I remember thinking about nukes.
Uhu, overreacting much. One does not simply launch nukes after terrorist plane attacks, that would be idiotic "sure we could wipe you from earth with sudden boom, but sure let's send two(3) planes first as a warning!" Right ...
@@JanoschNr1 you missed the part when I said on that day no one was completely sure what was happening.
I'm sad the nuclear attack you feared didn't happen
It saddens 😢and scares 😨me to think about September 11, 2001. We lost nearly 3,000 people on that fateful day in the United States.
@@JanoschNr1 average redditor moment
I bet those giant supersize rats still survive it
Pizza rat
They would probably mutate into “Super Rats”. Same with cockroaches….
Just crouch under your desk.
You'll be fine.
Of course this drops while I'm on vacation in New York City 🤣😫
😏
Imagine you say that while seeing a speck in the sky quickly grow in size and approach the ground
Hopefully nothing else drops on you while you're there...
@@errorhostnotfound1165 just imagine a pigeo drop their shit to that person lol and by the way that happened to me in the Bronx zoo when I was kid lol
Hey Look a second sun!
The only problem is that the bomber would most likely be grounded hors before it even makes it over New York City. If something like this did occur, it would be from an ICBM, high profile, but faster, and harder to take down.
The Hyper sonic missile is the wonder weapon of the 21st century.
@@Novusod You mean the one that Ukraine shot down with a Patriot?
They wouldn’t be sending the Enola Gay over. That’s not how they work anymore.
@13ased_Americanthey have thousands more warheads than we have interceptors of any kind based in the US. We have almost nowhere near what could be called a missile defense system.
@13ased_Americanplus if they are going to nuke us, they are going to NUKE us. Not just hit one target, but thousands simultaneously.
Not so fun fact. Most of the worlds agricultural output is dependent on the same countries that would most likely be destroyed in a nuclear war. So no matter what part of the world you reside inn. The aftermath for most of the world is mass starvation. Seeds, fertilizer & farming equipment to name a few. Without modern agriculture we'd struggle to have 1-2 billion people on Earth.
As a New Yorker...shit.
bye bye
cya in hell
No, you're the lucky one. You will die without knowing what even hit you. No pain. It's the people that survive fallout that are going to suffer.
America hates you
Actually air burst nuclear bombs are supposed to leave virtually no radioactive debris. Only bombs detonated at ground level produce radioactive fallout. That is why the Zsar bomba was detonated so high up, to leave no radioactive fallout.
there will be radioactive fallout regardless. however, ground detonations allow for wind to spread the radioactive particles a farther distance than an air burst will
@phatcok4569 not true by the science.A nuke has to be at ground level to bring ground debris up into the mushroom cloud in order to irradiate it...an air burst will dissipate as it has nothing to cling to.That was the reason why the Zsar bomb detonated by Russia was done 4 miles above ground level Like they said there was no contamination because of the height it was detonated.Otherwise,as big as it was,it probably would have contaminated the whole planet.
Bro is hyped for Oppenheimer movie!
I was having a bit of a cheery day, thanks for fixing that :)
I grew up during the end of the Cold War and lived with this fear of nuclear annihilation every single day. Scared the shit out of me when I was old enough to understand what it was. After the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, I think everybody seemed to forget that nukes existed. We were not afraid of a Cold War ending in one brilliant flash of light. Instead we became more concerned about little wars. Terrorism became the biggest fear because it was random and unexpected. A dirty bomb was the biggest threat. And we all silently thanked those people working in positions of law enforcement who constantly tracked, checked and rechecked any threat of this nature.
With Russia wanted to eliminate the US - I think the US is
going to get the real thing!
Still gonna be the most peaceful day in the subway system
Being with Kurzgesagt since day 1 - just matter of time, this channel will top the list. Bravo 👏🏽
They deserve more exposure (this channel), and non-intrusive (appropriate) sponsorship.
Seems like a good idea
I assume the big guy would get his 10%
Unthinkable! Hopefully such a thing will *not* happen!
We’re getting closer to WW3. First we need to stop funding a war in Ukraine.
I really don’t think rescuers would show up until radiation levels fall
This one is the favorite fairytale story of Chinese childrens.
Dont worry about things that are out of your control...
Just ran across your channel great stuff great visuals and only 250k subs this is injustice you deserve more keep you the great content and work 🙃🙂
The worst part would be surviving and having to suffer the rest of your life in agony
Exactly right! I keep a jar of meds for myself and my wife to od rather than live a nightmare like total war
Just kill me
@@edwardhawley9503way to give up so quickly
And the worst part would be is that you are still in New York.
What agony bruh
I had a dream recently that I was in L.A. up in the mountains looking down at the city with my girl in the car .. then out of nowhere, I see a big white flash, and I see a huge mushroom cloud forming up from the distance.. I remember feeling like “wow they actually did it “ that dream felt so real .. and I don’t dream often !!
You're lucky, I was on the top floor of a skyscraper, stuck in the corner, sitting on a desk. Outside, five tornadoes, water at my feet.
I also had a vision of myself watching a nuclear explosion. End Days.
I had one last year or so. It was nasty, sky was grey and I was witnessing many explosions everywhere. The ground was turned to scorched earth, trees burnt to a crisp, and destroyed buildings.
Don't worry - LA will be in good company as I expect a lot of US Cities will be targeted by the Russians and Chinese - Look for the riots in the US before the bombs drop - That will be your indication that missiles will be on their way soon!
@@FlameIsExisting End days are closer than ever!
What if ❌
When ✅
Lmao yes
Thanks for another video!
If new york was nuked, I'd hope ground zero was the UN building and every world leader was in attendance. Then I'd start up my grill while jammin' to Billy Idol's Hot In The City.
There would be at least 1000x more damage done to NYC than what 9/11 did should a single nuclear bomb is dropped over The Big Apple. This is why I've been apprehensive about living in a metropolis like NYC ever since 9/11.
Indeed, the casualties, injuries and collateral damage would be even higher than 9/11 with a nuclear bombing, which was the case with both Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan! Then again, I look back at how these horrible, diabolical plots have given us the time to feel trepidatious and inconsolable over the loss of life. What I have are ounces of perseverance, empathy and compassion.
As for me, I did feel senses of loss that was shared with the victims and survivors of 9/11, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, and other similar terrorist attacks like the World Trade Center bombing on Friday, February 26, 1993, the Oklahoma City bombing on Wednesday, April 19, 1995, and the London bombings on Thursday 7 July 2005 (or 7/7).
I would never forget what happened on these fateful days. "United we stand."
@@alphaapple1375I'm learning more about this subject, what type of bombs would have they been?
videos like these keep me alive 🥺🙌🏾
Has anyone ever done a deep dive into what a thermonuclear blast would do to nearby skyscrapers? The heat and pressure is gone very fast. It's curious to see if any studies show what types of concrete and steel structures would remain standing, much like the concrete Atomic Dome building / Hospital in Hiroshima.
Nuclear weapons have increased in destructive power - If it hits a city - That city will be vaporized!
Fun fact, when the atomic bombs were dropped on japan, there were still samurai that were alive
explain more
Great video, and also terrifying
I have an eerie feeling that you just might have predicted the future.
Predictive Programming.
One can hope 🙏
Bro chill i live in ny
The buildings in this video are actually from Gold Coast Australia (Q1, Hilton, Peppers Soul etc) I love it
Really??
The traffic and the Subway is pretty radioactive even without the bombs...
Jokes aside, this documentary is top quality... Thank you♥️
Very good video, as usual. 🤩 Apart from calling nuclear reactions "chemical". 😇
It *is* chemistry
Lol😂
He was talking about 2 chemicals. It was a chemical reaction for the hydrogen bomb when he was diacussing the elements used
A nuclear explosion detonated at an altitude-typically, thousands of feet-that maximizes blast damage. Because its fireball never touches the ground, an air burst produces less radioactive fallout than a ground burst
The entire world would sink into chaos.
“Sir, they hit the 3rd tower”
Lmao
Love this video ❤
this was a very well put together video...however in a real world scenario it is very unlikely for NYC to get nuked unless the enemy's goal is to kill as many people as possible. The goal of a nuclear strike is to stop your enemy from being able to hit you back. Enemies would go for targets like Montana which is (rumored) to have large amounts of silos. They would go for military sites and camps. Cities with no military presence or relevance would be the last cities hit. United States would respond in a similar more deadly fashion.
In a hypothetical situation...lets say Russia decides to nuke NYC to show its strength...The US would already be aware of the missile leaving the silo and would launch almost instantly from a nearby submarine silo off the coast of Taiwan somewhere...United states nuke would already incinerate Russia's military installment before Russia missile even enters US airspace. US would attempt to deter most of the MIRV missiles but would ultimately still get hit, but I don't see it being a total loss for the US. Unfortunately there would still be a great loss of life, but it would be total devastation for Russia and Russia would be wiped off the face of the existence if this ever happened.
Well, you *would* want to go for highly populated areas because of what you mentioned. Once one side launches a nuclear missile, the other side would see that and launch their own. Once the missiles are launched, blowing up silos isn't going to do anything. You would also have to know where the silos are, and their exact locations are kept secret to prevent stuff like this.
That would leave hitting cities (which can't be hidden for obvious reasons) or carpet-bombing entire states, which is a major waste of resources because they are mostly empty pieces of land. (Especially in Russia's case, look up a population density map of that country, it is interesting)
So we haven't learned anything in the last 100 years or so. Still a mentality that if you kill enough civilians you can demoralize the population and therefore win the war. Didn't work in London but they still tried it against Berlin.
US will most likely to get damage than Russia but in that case whether its Russia, USA, China, India, Pakistan or North Korea the world and humanity will suffer and you or me or anyone reading this comment will mostly die or suffer from this nuclear war in an unpredictable situation.
Washington DC would go first, to destroy the federal government and for the symbolic effect. But taking out NYC would wreck a big part of the economic strength, which would delay the industrial response. That would mean more waiting before American industry can flip to a weapons-manufacturing process, which I'd guess is necessary to strike back and continue to strike back.
@@errorhostnotfound1165there would only be very few resealed to hit a city..
1. Target the population to stop troop production or production in factories etc.
2.political and government centers such as military bases
3. Airports, financial centers etc
And even then They’d probably just use guided missiles to hit these targets from afar, avoiding mass losss of life.
The problem with many Russian built hardware are that they have a tendency to explode already on homeground.
Note to FBI: I swear this was an abnormality in the algorithm and I wasn't actively looking for this video.
Hello Cold War, nice to see you again! Been a long time..
The fact that humans created something so deadly is so pathetic
Sadly, as mentioned already here, KURZGESAGT made a very similar video a few years ago and it’s still better than this one. I’m not sure why Koranos made this one. It didn’t explain things any better and didn’t go in a different direction. It is even paced the same. With the same info taken directly from KURZGESAGT.
It’s not plagiarism but it’s clearly inspired by the KURZGESAGT guys. Maybe Koranos are running out of video ideas? If so what about a video on Megalodons? The Meg 2 is coming out soon so it’s got an audience and I don’t think KURZGESAGT have covered that topic yet.
Would be nice to see Koranos animate a video about something different or at least give a more unique take on a particular subject rather than just blatantly stealing others ideas.
I'm sure this will never happen anyways
thanks for the idea😊😊
Outstanding animation brilliant voice over and offcourse as usual yet another 👌🏻 topic thx for sharing to us❤
Most NY structures are old buildings, not modern skyscrapers.
When dropping the Tsar Bomba 100 on Nukemaps, the fireball alone would engulf Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty to the southern half of Central Park and people living as far west as Lancaster Pennsylvania would still be under the mushroom cloud. Granted, that was from a ground detonation
Great voice over! Keep ‘em
Coming
Lotta comparisons, but all I see is another fantastic, educational channel I can't wait to share with my baby girls.
Wouldn't that be a blast to see it firsthand
Hell yeah
I think that if the Hudson River were really our water supply, we would have long been dead.
Amazingly Nice 💣
I wouldn't be surprised if this guy was put on a list after releasing this video
Why?
@@pappi8338extensive knowledge about the effects of nukeing one of America's most populated cities?
@@errorhostnotfound1165two cities have already been nuked before lol so we know already
While you will be effected by the fallout due to the wind, the further you are away from the fallout, the safer you are. Either way, New York City isn't even high on the list here. Strategically you're looking for military bases on the coastlines to start with them you're working your way inward. How do I know this? I'm an end of days prepper. I'm ready for this type of scenario and know what to expect.
Feel like I’d rather be vaporised than live in a bunker and have to emerge to a fucked world/rot in my bunker. Idk, it’s a tough decision
@@cptgrimm Vaporization would be preferred than prolonged radiation sickness.
There will be no guessing about who launched the nuke by the way, maybe publicly announcing it will be delayed, but NORAD and NATO will know exactly who launched a nuke before the nuke even hits its target, that's how defense systems work, they find the source, calculate the trajectory to figure out what the possible targets are, and then try to intercept it. The only nation who would ever even try it is Russia, North Korea talks big but they know they are a tiny insignificant nation that we could erase them from the world map in about 30 minutes flat.
Amazing vibe
Why not today?
If it happens I hope it’s recorded in 4K and uploaded on TH-cam
I think the electric grid will be gone - so you will have to see the mushroom clouds for yourself!
@@sumrallttThat's not true the cameraman never dies.
Every rule has exceptions - lol@@inertiaforce7846
NYC would FINALLY become affordable to live in!
Yeah, by cockroaches.
Why the abrupt end to the video? 11:00
i doubt US would do it. There is no oil in New York
US should though, too many assholes.
when he called fission and fusion chemical processes i died inside
@@crashbandicoot430 It's nuclear physics. Two very different things. Also there is no chemical reactions in a thermonuclear bomb, only atomic physics.
its shocking how much power this small bomb has
I live just about across Lake Michigan from Chicago and I often envision the hot mushroom cloud at the horizon. About 70 miles .. can't see across from the bluff but up in a small plane you can, and the odd refraction cloud to water to cloud you can see the skyline, even cars on outer drive when the, usually dusk, light is right. Like looking across a river for a brief time. But a fireball & shock across the lake, surely way too visible....and then what? Hide in the basement for days? Weeks.
Cripes what a world situation.
No, just until Jewel opens the next day. Lol
i love how us is paying content creators to make nuke videos.as if to make us aware that this is gonna happen soon🤣
The rats in nyc will survive just fine
Aswell as cockroach
So you guys mean the new yorkers?
Some of these comments about wishing this or that on certain places is pretty sick, I don’t think we want this anywhere
And when that happens I'll just sit back injoy the blissful rumbling of every nuke on earth going off
The answer to your thumbnail question: We’d declare a national holiday.
It’s not a bad video and kursgesgat made a similar one but same problem…. Why is it in both of these fkn channels they make it as if the US is gonna be the one defending and under attack?? It’s literally the only nation who’s nuked a country not once but twice when there was 0 zero reason, and no pearl harbour doesn’t warrant that reason. It would’ve been more realistic to say the US paints a Afghanistan flag on the nuke and then nukes NY to try and engineer a war with them. Kinda makes me think twice about watching these vids…
Just a history buff thing, but you clearly don't realize why the US bombed Japan. It wasn't because of pearl harbor. It was because of the untold millions of people that would die in case the US would do a land invasion of Japan (men women and children). They rightly calculated that Japan would surrender after a hydrogen bomb wiped out up to a few hundred thousand.
This isn't condoning it.
History is important to learn, and context matters.
Just letting this out there that no longer do these bombs even need to hit their intended targets to be effective as the radius is big enough that if they hit a lesser target by the main it might also take out more targets other than just those 2. Hitting just NY is not smart as it is by the water and hitting further in would do more damage and the fall out will get the main. More casualties and less structural. Just saying this might never happen but who knows?
New York City doesn't need another "Ground Zero"......ever again.
It would definitely take out a large swath of the American criminal element.
This is an incredibly optimistic and somewhat naive timeline. The instant-death toll would be in the millions, as Manhattan alone hosts ~8M residents. All food exports would be ceased immediately. First responders for 30 miles around would either be vaporized, or busy attending to their own areas. There would be no investigation into who sent the nuke, because everyone would have counter-launched within seconds of detection of incoming nukes. Nobody would return to their homes, as the area would be a glowing wasteland.
Let's have a What-If-Destruction video every week, or perhaps a 6-hour supercut, because apparently enough people fantasize about everything they know and dread getting erased before they can blink; the idea of getting one-shotted from the sky rather than waiting on God's indeterminate hand, being their last emotional release in a mediated realm of empty promises.
this event will make US Dollar instantly crumple
What’s this man planning? 💀
No great loss, the sooner the better!
Damn, when I saw this video in my subs and added it to my Watch List, I thought it was a Kurzgesagt video. It wasn't until it came on when I was washing dishes that I realized it wasn't. I am disappoint.
You guys should really get your own artstyle for your thumbnails instead of copping a bigger channel's.
Whaat? I thought it was Kurzgesagt until i read your comment
When was this vedo made. empir state bulinding?
Cleanest it’s been in a century
America would instantly become a better place.
Well, it would certainly put a dent in America's homeless and crime rates.
I love a positive attitude - Thanks!
Can you play the theme from Seinfeld in the background please
gives a whole new meaning to manhattan project
If it does, I would only hope LA, SF and Seattle would be next.
I don't think most people would lose any sleep over a nuke obliterating NYC.
Less democrat voters.
Stupid comment.
@@tatumergo3931 how old are you? 12? Some things just aren't funny. Watch the film "Threads" if you think nuclear war is something to make childish jokes about. 🙄
@@njm1971nycREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!🤣🤣
@@Thrashmetal2130 in English, please?
This is exactly between the inphographoc show and kurzgesagt.
a nuke on a civilian city is one of the last targets of a nuclear war, they first attack military objectives. although this is a plausible outcome if somehow a terrorist organization got their hands on one and snuck it into the city somehow.
USA did not
Yup, Miltary bases, nuclear power plants. All very close to where I live. Only 20 miles away. I am gonna be vaporized. The East Coast is in trouble.
If New York City ceases to exist the entire human condition will dramatically improve instantaneously.
Me when i lie
It would get rid of that democrat popular vote advantage.
A cess pit is removed, and nothing of value is lost...
I wonder how well people in the subways would do in this scenario.
Depends on the depth and resources available for them
Basically the best thing that could happen
Based af
is this channel like a ripoff of kurgetzagt or sth?
Yes
noted
But it won't be 1 for a city like NY, London, Paris or Moscow. It will be many. We don't build really big ones anymore because the overlapping PSI zones from multiple MIRVS is far more destructive..and cities like this have key targets that are underground and hardened..each would get a seperate device. We have never seen a Russian SIOP but we've seen US declassified ones..London or NY could get 5-10 separate warheads.
Something that Kim Jong Un, Xi jin-ping or Putin might try to do LOL
Crime would go down for the first time since Giuliani