With the Doomsday Clock currently positioned at 85 seconds to midnight — marking the closest point to disaster in its history — a recent evaluation highlights which American states are at the greatest risk of being struck first in any significant WW3 scenario. Military experts illustrate the trajectory of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles towards US strategic military sites, pinpointing Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, Georgia, and Washington DC as the top targets with the highest likelihood of being hit first. Russia possesses 5,580 nuclear warheads, which includes an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 tactical nuclear arms that can reach all major US cities. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists cautions that the landscape in mid-2026 signifies the peak nuclear threat in contemporary history.
