Nuclear security

North Korea could kill TWO MILLION people with a nuclear strike on Seoul and Tokyo, and injure another 7.7 million, experts warn

North Korea could kill two million people with a nuclear strike on Seoul and Tokyo and injure a further 7.7million, experts have warned. 

The hypothetical scenario has been analysed by scholars who made their conclusions amid rising tension between the hermit kingdom and the US.  

Should Kim Jong-un decide to unleash his nuclear arsenal, the has been predicted as catastrophic. 

...Author Michael J Zagurek Jr said based on his calculations, nuclear attacks on the capital cities of South Korea and Japan could kill as many as 2.1 million people and injure 7.7 million others, according to Yonhap.

This was based on the assumption North Korea would launch its entire arsenal of 25 nuclear weapons. 

Seoul has a population of 24.1million and Tokyo 37.9million and the final fatality figures were worked out by taking into consideration the probability of detonation. 

Also taken into account was South Korea deploying the anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Air Defence (THAAD) system.