From the explosion of a North Korean atomic bomb (up to 250 kilotons in TNT) in the center of the city, the author notes, about one million people (412,880 dead and 412,880 wounded) will be affected right away in the capital and its suburbs. The center of Washington, in particular the White House and the Capitol, will be destroyed, reports lenta. ru The expert in his assessments relied on the data on the recent test of the DPRK rocket, the range of which can be 13 thousand kilometers, which allows weapons to reach almost any point of the continental US.

Earlier, DiPetris assessed the consequences of the North Korean nuclear attack against the American San Francisco.

For assessments di Petris used a program proposed by Alex Wellerstein from the Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey). The tool suggests assessing the impact of a strike depending on the power of the bomb or the type of missile with a nuclear warhead for a number of world capitals.