Can Putin launch nukes at several NATO countries at once?

[AbsentmindedWoman]

Obviously, I am completely ignorant about everything to do with nuclear bombs but I have googled, and my tiny mind just doesn't grasp how this works.

In theory, could the UK/ US/ France/ Germany/ several other countries all suffer hits seconds apart?

Or would Putin have to choose one to be the first? How would he choose targets?

I understand the idea of mutual assured destruction if there are just two entities battling it out - but I don't understand how the dynamics of MAD work if it is Russia vs numerous countries, and Putin can only target one area at a time?

Is the nuclear capacity at his disposal really so huge he could take out many major cities and all military bases in Europe and the USA all at once?

Absolutely loving this thread. The black humour has really cheered me up even though I'm terrified.

It's funny isn't it. How we all cope with the potential of bad things happening to us, knowing really bad things are happening to people elsewhere.

It's like I know it's scary but I don't feel scared. Perhaps I'm a little numb.

Anyone else a bit numbed out?

And yeah yeah blah blah I know the likelihood of armageddon is still vanishingly small - but the fact remains that the possibility, however small, is looming in our collective consciousness in a way that it simply wasn't a week or so ago.