North Korea crisis: Donald Trump’s emergency nuclear war plan REVEALED

North Korea yesterday sent an intercontinental ballistic missile crashing into the Sea of Japan, with US officials warning the weapon was powerful enough to have reached Washington DC. 

The hermit state appears to be moving ever-closer to launching an all-out attack on Kim Jong-un’s Western rivals, setting alarm bells ringing in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington. 

One nuclear expert has now revealed what would happen if Kim Jong-un launches an attack on the US or any of its allies. 

Dr Bruce Blair, a former US Airforce officer at a nuclear war launch site, said in the event of an attack Donald Trump would immediately be whisked to a secret location. 

Dr Blair, who went on to found anti-nuclear war pressure group Global Zero, said the US would have just minutes to act if North Korea launches a missile aimed at the mainland or its allies. 

He said: “If North Korea launches a missile aimed at US or allied territory, the fiery hot plume of the booster would be detected within one minute by US satellites equipped with heat detectors. 

“Within a few minutes, two key ground radar sites in Alaska would detect and analyse the missile path, providing further cueing information to the missile defence units which would begin to prepare to launch their interceptors.”

If the missile was found to be soaring towards America or an ally, Mr Trump would be rushed by helicopter to a location outside Washington DC.

US missiles would also be sent to intercept the hostile rocket, aiming to destroy it in mid-flight. 

After being evacuated from the White House, Mr Trump would then board a so-called “Doomsday plane”, which would take him to a military centre far from the capital. 

This aircraft is equipped with “all the launch codes and the communications gear” needed to send urgent messages to submarines, missile crews and bomber squads, Dr Blair said. 

From there, or from an unspecified military base in America’s midwest, Mr Trump would need to decide whether a retaliation strike should be ordered. 

Dr Blair said: “If it threatens North America, the protocol for nuclear or non-nuclear retaliation would continue and a presidential decision on retaliation rendered within a few additional minutes. 

“Prior to the decision, the entire US military would be alerted and their readiness raised two notches to a level known as Defence Condition Two. 

“US forces would begin their preparations for retaliation and wait for the launch order.”

If a North Korea missile attack was successful, emergency responders would rush to the scene. 

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Dr Blair said: “Assuming a single or small nuclear missile strike, the civil defence effort would resemble a cross between Hurricane Katrina and Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plan disaster. 

“First responders would be on the front lines. Nuclear radiation and contamination would greatly complicate the rescue and recovery effort, and in all likelihood would overwhelm the few hospital units equipped to handle radiation sickness.”

Yesterday’s North Korea missile launch has sparked a furious response from across the globe – as well as a series of South Korean missile launches in response. 

Japan, Washington and Seoul have all held meetings regarding the launch, will ended a lull of more than 70 days without a North Korean missile launch.