March 21, 2024 (EIRNS)—Newsweek took the occasion this week to feature a map of the U.S. cities most likely to be hit first with nuclear bombs, if war with Russia broke out. Its feature opens: “A direct clash between Russia and NATO would put the world ‘one step away from a full-scale World War III,’ Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters this week…. The threat of nuclear escalation has been ever-present as the West continues to bolster Ukraine and frustrate the Kremlin’s military campaign.”