It would be a blessing in disguise if it were to happen like this. I'm referring to a scenario in a leaked Pentagon paper that reveals what a nuclear surprise first-strike attack would look like. What it describes includes the terrifying fact that Missouri would be 'one of the first targets to go'.
Call it saber rattling or whatever description you like, but Russian President Vladimir Putin's new threats of nuclear attacks on America are a potential scary problem for Illinois in ways you may not have imagined.
We know that Missouri would be a likely early target if a worst-case scenario first strike nuclear attack ever happened, but there's a new area that I've never heard mentioned before that has emerged and it could be devastating.
I watch a lot of disaster movies. That's something you should know about me. That's probably why I've educated myself about where nuclear weapons are manufactured and guess what? Almost all of them originate or go through Missouri.
It's not exactly breaking news that all of America would have a very bad day if we ever face a worst-case scenario of an all-out nuclear attack. But, one Illinois place in particular has been named as one of the most at-risk if suddenly the world becomes apocalypse now.
This is what happens when you ask a question then completely regret it when you get the answer. Out of a morbid sense of curiosity, I decided to research what would happen if nuclear weapons were airburst over the biggest cities in Missouri. The result is the ultimate horror story.