{"id":750795,"date":"2026-02-08T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/750795\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:12:11","slug":"russias-horror-ww3-map-shows-38-uk-towns-and-cities-on-nuke-hitlist-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/750795\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s horror WW3 map shows 38 UK towns and cities on nuke hitlist | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old car war documents have revealed that 38 towns and cities are in the firing line for a Russian nuclear blast if war were to ever break out. <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/world-war-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The doomsday scenario<\/a> created by the government names nearly 40 areas in the UK that were deemed <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2168209\/tiny-island-size-cornwall-putins-target\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at risk of an attack<\/a> from the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the towns and cities, several other military bases, air strips and military ports all across the UK were identified. In total, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2167926\/NATO-country-emergency-kit-citizens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">106 targets were chosen<\/a> by military strategists as \u201cprobable nuclear targets\u201d if WW3 were to ever break out. Although the three-figure list may already seem on the extensive side for a country the size of the UK, it was noted that these locations <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2167688\/ww3-warning-top-general-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were only earmarked for nuclear attacks<\/a>, and if conventional missiles and ballistics were used, the number of targets would be likely to rise.<\/p>\n<p>The list was created under Edward Heath in the early 1970s and therefore reflects the targets of Britain from five decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The now declassified documents are housed at the National Archives, but could still hold some truth should tensions escalate once again.<\/p>\n<p>Some more modern targets have also been identified by Russian senator and military veteran Dmitry Rogozin, who warned of UK sites at risk in <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2167338\/nuclear-war-warning-major-us-russia-start-treaty-trump-putin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 21st-century warfare.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This threat emerged following former defence secretary Ben Wallace&#8217;s controversial remarks about &#8220;making Crimea uninhabitable and unviable from a Russian point of view&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Rogozin added: &#8220;We must help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/ukraine\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine<\/a> acquire long-range capabilities to make Crimea uninhabitable. We need to strangle Crimea. What a sober minister has in mind, a former one has on his tongue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, it is even good that they reveal their true intentions. It is useful to read this for those of us who still consider peace with imperialist aggressors possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And my advice to our [Russian] oligarchs: do not send your children to study in England! It is deadly dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Full list of towns targeted in Cold War plans:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Armagh<\/li>\n<li>Belfast<\/li>\n<li>Brecon<\/li>\n<li>Birmingham<\/li>\n<li>Bristol<\/li>\n<li>Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>Cardiff<\/li>\n<li>Catterick<\/li>\n<li>Central London<\/li>\n<li>Chatham<\/li>\n<li>Cheltenham<\/li>\n<li>Coventry<\/li>\n<li>Dover<\/li>\n<li>Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li>Gillingham<\/li>\n<li>Glasgow<\/li>\n<li>Hull<\/li>\n<li>Huddersfield<\/li>\n<li>Kidderminster<\/li>\n<li>Leeds<\/li>\n<li>Leicester<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool<\/li>\n<li>Maidstone<\/li>\n<li>Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Newcastle\/Gateshead<\/li>\n<li>Nottingham<\/li>\n<li>Preston<\/li>\n<li>Reading<\/li>\n<li>Rochester<\/li>\n<li>Salcombe<\/li>\n<li>Sheffield<\/li>\n<li>Southampton<\/li>\n<li>Stoke-on-Tent<\/li>\n<li>Sunderland<\/li>\n<li>Swansea<\/li>\n<li>Teeside<\/li>\n<li>Wolverhampton<\/li>\n<li>York<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also listed were 23 RAF bases, 14 USAF bases, 10 radar stations, eight military command centres, and 13 Royal Navy bases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Old car war documents have revealed that 38 towns and cities are in the firing line for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7655],"tags":[14787,221321,221319,8041,332,193005,9180,221320],"class_list":["post-750795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-russia","tag-cold-war","tag-cold-war-targets","tag-nuclear-hitlist","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-russia","tag-russian-threat","tag-towns","tag-uk-towns-and-cities"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116035659029337059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}