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In a full scale nuclear onslaught at best case scenario approximately 10'000+ nuclear warheads are launched these are called Minutemen, which means they are launched in less than one minute; these will then be followed by any other warheads between 30 seconds to no more than 3 minutes later.

A nuclear war has an average length of between as little as 5 minutes to maybe 5-6 hours.

In best case scenario the death toll of a full onslaught would be roughly 500'000'000 people dead, and in worst case scenario including radiation poisoning post effects the death toll could be so dramatically high as to threaten the existence of the human race ( if you want an accurate figure, 6'500'000'000+ casualties) bearing in mind this is ABSOLUTE WORST CASE scenario.

Though it does seem bleak, I hope you enjoyed this answer.

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