Could Russia Survive a Nuclear Attack?

If Soviet-American nuclear war ever erupts, vulnerability to hydrogen bombing can mean the difference between victory and defeat. The Soviets argue that Russia would suffer smaller bombing losses because of its immense territory and dispersed industry and population. Actually, Russia may be more vulnerable to hydrogen bombing than America. Let’s start with city size.

Since 1928, when serious Soviet industrial growth started, over 100 million peasants have moved into Russian cities to work in the newly built factories. But the Kremlin never built enough city housing for the hordes of peasant migrants, so more people were squeezed into the same space. In the average city apartment, each room is occupied by a different family, all unhappily sharing the apartment’s kitchen and bathroom.

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If Soviet-American nuclear war ever erupts, vulnerability to hydrogen bombing can mean the difference between victory and defeat. The Soviets argue that Russia would suffer smaller bombing losses because of its immense territory and dispersed industry and population. Actually, Russia may be more vulnerable to hydrogen bombing than America. Let’s start with city size.

Since 1928, when serious Soviet industrial growth started, over 100 million peasants have moved into Russian cities to work in the newly built factories. But the Kremlin never built enough city housing for the hordes of peasant migrants, so more people were squeezed into the same space. In the average city apartment, each room is occupied by a different family, all unhappily sharing the apartment’s kitchen and bathroom.