Eight US States Most Vulnerable to Initial Strikes in the Event of WW3

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Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations highlighted in their 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey that rising military actions by China and Russia in the Arctic could lead to a potential conflict with the United States and NATO. This situation, along with the ongoing China-Taiwan tensions and Russia-NATO disputes, represents some of the most critical scenarios for a possible World War III in 2026. Richard Shirreff, a former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, has cautioned that China might take advantage of US military commitments in the Middle East to launch an invasion of Taiwan, thus triggering a global conflict among major nuclear nations. Analysts have pinpointed eight US states that host key strategic nuclear command facilities as primary targets for a Russian first strike in any significant escalation event.

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00:00every american needs to understand what military planners already know in a world war three scenario

00:06eight specific u s states would be targeted in russia's first nuclear strike these are not random

00:12targets they are chosen because they host america's strategic nuclear command infrastructure

00:18the systems that would be used to respond to a russian attack the council on foreign relations

00:232026 risk assessment identifies china taiwan russia nato and the middle east as the three active ww3

00:31flashpoints simultaneously former nato deputy supreme allied commander richard shereff has

00:37publicly stated that beijing could seize the current moment while america is tied down with iran to move

00:43on taiwan that scenario he says is a third world war the eight most at-risk states include those

00:50hosting stratcom norad and america's icbm fields if you live in nebraska montana north dakota or colorado

00:59you are living inside the primary target zone of russia's nuclear war plan

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