The total number of people who would die within 12 weeks in Moscow and the surrounding areas would be around 3 million, including around 750,000 children. Several million people would be injured. The overall effect of an attack on this scale is particularly numbing. Anyone trying to flee would be likely to find themselves travelling through contaminated areas. The pollution of water supplies, destruction of homes and general devastation would result in secondary problems with disease.
Radiation reduces the bodys ability to fight off illness.
There would also be both short term and long term problems with food supplies, because of the contamination of agricultural land and disruption of transport. The figures above do not include those deaths which would arise indirectly from disease or other longer term fatalities It is possible that the actual target plan would result in more casualties than illustrated. British Trident warheads would be most effective against shallow command posts and least effective against the deepest bunkers. There are many shallow bunkers inside the city. The British attack plan may also include airburst attacks on some facilities such as communications sites and airfields.