- FBI tells residents not to be alarmed by presence of military and hazmat suits
- Drills will be carried out at locations including joint military base Ellington Field
- Analysis shows about 130,000 people could be killed if Houston was attacked
A ‘large-scale’ nuclear training drill will be held in Houston this week as the military war games the unthinkable.
The FBI has warned residents of Harris County and southeast Houston that ‘multi-agency’ exercises will be carried out from Monday to Friday to simulate a nuclear attack.
The agency reassured the public there was no need to be alarmed by the presence of ‘military personnel and aircraft, and people in protective equipment’.
It comes amid growing threats from North Korea and Russia and analysis that shows a missile from Pyongyang could kill around 130,000 people if dropped on Houston.
Fatal radioactive fallout from a North Korean missile tested in 2017 would cover an area of around 3 sq-km, engulfing landmarks such as the Downtown Aquarium and the George H. W. Bush Monument, according to NukeMap, a tool developed by nuclear weapons historian Alex Wellerstein.
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