Oh, I misinterpreted your post, my bad...but yeah, it's a pretty remote scenario, but not one that I'd rule out easily...but at least it's not something that, like you say, will effect the whole globe...but certainly it would be enough to screw up any Western nation it did hit.
The author may be taken with a pinch of salt, and some parts of the book do seem a bit...well...yeah...an advertisement for a bigger military budget, but it is an eye-opener and he obviously did his reading.
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