of the present day DELHI, June 5 Ky...

of the present day DELHI, June 5 Kyodo

A nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would obliterate major urban center in one as well as the other countries and cause the deaths of millions, an Indian weekly magazine says in a special report in succession the horrors of a nuclear war between the feuding neighbors.

India Today, which expected at the nuclear apocalypse in its latest issue onward sale Tuesday, says the Indian capital strange Delhi would turn into a mammoth graveyard if it is hit by way of a nuclear strike from Pakistan.

An Indian nuclear reprisal, it says, would in deflect completely destroy the urban areas of Islamabad and other major Pakistani population centers

The India Today disguise carries a scene of horror-stricken Indians fleeing the capital with a herculean mushroom cloud serving as background.

Inside, the article declares the story of the horror of nuclear weapons, using pictures and data upon the destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the sum of two units Japanese atom-bombed cities, by way of illustration.

The article says if of recent origin Delhi comes under nuclear attack, up to 200000 family near the blast center would die within 5 seconds

In 10 others all buildings within 10 kilometers of the hypocenter would be destroyed

Within 10 hours, the Indian military would launch a major nuclear reprisal and Pakistan may vanish as a nation it says.

The article also cites an estimate through the U.S. Pentagon that up to 12 million nation will die in India and Pakistan in case of a nuclear exchange between them.

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