Nuclear War Simulator

Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.

## About This Game
Nuclear War Simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of
large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. There
are currently over 13000 nuclear weapons on this planet of which over 9000 are
in military stockpiles. This software should help you answer the question:
what will happen if Russia and the United States or India and Pakistan use
their arsenals?
You can design warheads, missiles and carries, place them on the map and
execute attack plans to tell a credible story about how nuclear conflicts play
out and what are the consequences. Using a high-resolution population density
map and realistic weapons effects like blast, heat and radiation you can make
an estimate of how many people will die in a conflict.

Nuclear conflict scenarios
You can design realistic large-scale scenarios between major powers with
thousands of warheads. Scenarios can be created manually where you can assign
each warhead individually or with the assistance of an AI for faster
targeting. It is also possible to simulate whole conflicts with a few clicks
on the map interactively. You can download scenarios created by other people
and upload your scenarios to the mods.io server.

Realistic effects of nuclear weapons
The simulation includes a high-resolution population density grid. The effects
of blast, heat, fires and radiation are calculated and visualized for each
population cell to estimate fatalities (similar to Alex Wellerstein’s
NUKEMAP). The destruction of military targets is simulated using a model
considering the CEP of the weapon, target hardness and cratering.
You can place yourself, your family and friends into the simulation to
estimate the expected injuries and survival probability. The amount of burnt
fuel and produced soot are also calculated to estimate the effects of nuclear
winter using a simplified model.

Design and placement of objects
Using an intuitive UI you can design warheads, place them on missiles and into
silos, on aircraft, TELs and submarines.
You can then place the forces onto the map simply clicking on it or importing
real-world locations from KMZ files.
If you know how much uranium and plutonium is needed for one warhead, you can
estimate how many can be build from today’s stockpiles if a country wants to.

Modding and interfaces
The simulation supports some basic modding of unit textures, loading screens
and background music. It is also possible to share unit blueprints and
scenarios with others.
If you have simulated a conflict in another tool you can import the list of
detonations as a simple CSV file to calculate the humanitarian effects. On the
other hand, you can also export the list of detonations together with the
burnt soot into other tools like detailed climate simulations.

Nuclear War Simulator