War is like archery; once it begins, there is no turning back.
The same applies to nuclear war. Once the first nuclear bomb is launched, the chain reaction will only lead the entire world into nuclear war, leaving no other choice.
The logic is simple: no matter how many enemy countries there are, when one of them has already launched a nuclear missile at your doorstep, you are at risk of annihilation. At this point, you only have two choices: either retaliate with nuclear weapons in return, or give up resistance and wait for destruction.
No one would sit idly by and wait to die, so most countries have only one option: to also begin using nuclear weapons.
If both sides were to exchange nuclear weapons, there would be no winners in this war; the only victors would be other countries that would stand by and watch.
After all, the most valuable lesson that World War II taught all countries was that the fiercest fighter is not the winner; the one who preserves the strongest strength after the war is the winner.
Given this situation, what was originally a fight between two countries could easily escalate into a situation where nuclear-armed states attack each other. After all, once one side is at a disadvantage, it will naturally have the idea of mutual destruction and indiscriminately launch all of its nuclear weapons.
Moreover, now that the Russia have taken action, the rest of Europe will naturally not stand idly by.
The emergency had already occurred, and there was no other way but to launch the nuclear missiles they had.
In terms of the number of nuclear weapons, all other countries on Earth Star combined probably don't have as many as the three major powers. This is due to both geographical limitations and resource constraints, which is unavoidable.
With such a large numerical disparity, Europe naturally has no intention of preserving its strength; the only thing they can do now is to use all the nuclear weapons they have.
The launch trajectory and strike location of a nuclear bomb are not customized on the spot. The strike location of each nuclear bomb is basically determined when it is built. Therefore, launching a nuclear bomb does not require any human control. Just press a button, and everything is handled automatically by the machinery.
However, this kind of pre-designed target has a problem: its targets are not limited to Russia territory.
Basically, every nuclear-armed state has nuclear weapons that are meant to be used against other nuclear-armed states, and Europe is no exception.
After the nuclear missiles were launched, most of them were retaliated against the Russia, while the majority of the remaining missiles were launched towards Divine Land, and a few were launched towards the Eagle Country.
That's how nuclear war works: either you point guns at each other's heads and don't fire a single shot, or you empty your magazines and destroy everyone together.
The situation has reached a point where there is virtually no possibility of reversing it; all countries can do is their utmost to try and intercept the nuclear bomb.
Intercepting missiles is an extremely difficult task, especially against nuclear weapons. 100% interception is impossible; even missing just one can be catastrophic. And with the existing air defense systems of various countries, virtually no country can guarantee a 100% interception rate.
Moreover, even if a nuclear bomb is intercepted in the air and detonates, as long as it is not intercepted outside the border, the damage would still be enormous.
Faced with this situation, Divine Land naturally had no time to worry about the situation in other countries. Although the number of nuclear missiles flying towards their homeland was not large, they still needed to be treated with caution.
The Nation-Protecting Grand Formation has just been completed. It was originally thought that it might not be needed for hundreds of years after its completion, but unexpectedly, just a few days later, it is about to face its greatest test since its completion.
The entire Nation-Protecting Grand Formation was activated at full power, increasing its brightness by several degrees.
Meanwhile, the air defense regiments closest to the nuclear missile's entry point have already set up a defensive line several hundred kilometers behind the array. As soon as the array fails, they will immediately form an air defense interception line to block all the incoming missiles.
About ten minutes later, more than ten missiles carrying nuclear warheads appeared within the array's field of vision, and then several Magic Power- shaped interception blocks condensed on the entire array.
The array's built-in computing power is clearly impressive; it quickly calculated the missile's trajectory, and the interceptor blocked its path.
With a loud bang, the missile struck the array's interceptor block upon contact and exploded.
As the first missile exploded, a massive fireball, as large as the sun, expanded in all directions, engulfing all subsequent missiles.
Then came several more explosions, and it was as if several suns had appeared in the sky, their dazzling light blinding the cultivators who had set up their air defense lines.
Even cultivators would not be able to escape unscathed after witnessing this level of light Fallout; blindness would be the least severe form of injury.
A large amount of Fallout was spreading towards them, followed by a massive shockwave carrying sand and dirt, which spread in all directions.
He used magic to heal his eyes and temporarily restored his vision. The only problem was that even though his vision was restored, the huge shadow of the light sphere caused by overexposure was still imprinted in his field of vision, blocking his view of everything.
Although the explosions were devastating, thankfully no more missiles followed after this round of explosions, which at least shows that the array's interception system was indeed effective.
Even under such attacks, the light on the great formation became somewhat intermittent, but at least it was still functioning and did not collapse directly.
The grand formation merely intercepted the nuclear bomb, which was originally supposed to detonate at the target location, and caused it to explode at the formation's location. It did not completely block all the effects of the explosion outside the formation, which was somewhat unrealistic. First, blocking all the effects of the explosion would require a massive amount of energy to form a barrier that could connect heaven and earth. Second, although the formation master who designed the grand formation was very talented, she was only at the Qi Refining and her abilities were quite limited.
To achieve this level is already quite good.
As for other countries, without large-scale interception, the missiles flew directly into their territories.
Even though most of them were intercepted, the intercepted missiles exploded in the air immediately, destroying all surrounding electronic equipment and various modern facilities.
If the nuclear bomb is intercepted outside the city, causing some environmental damage is one thing, but many countries are not very large. Even if it is intercepted, the power of the nuclear bomb will have already reached the inside of the city. Just one shock wave will sweep away the tall buildings that are like piles of sand, turning them into dust.