The likelihood of a war between India and Pakistan, particularly in the aftermath of incidents like the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack, has given serious cause for alarm regarding the possibility of nuclear escalation. The Pahalgam attack, which resulted in the loss of several civilians, has taken high-level tensions between the two nuclear nations to a peak level, prompting strategic and diplomatic circles to turn back to the old cautions. Interestingly, some observers have even drawn connections to a cryptic quatrain by Nostradamus, which alludes to a “great war in the Orient” and “mountainous regions soaked in blood” a prophecy that many now see as eerily reflective of the current tensions in South Asia.
To this end, a 2019 report ominously forecast the timing of a war by this, predicting that 2025 would be the year when such a conflict might break out. Although published years back, the report now reveals startling relevance, as it explores deeply into the devastating effects of a nuclear conflict between these two countries. More than a local confrontation, the report emphasized how much of a global significance this kind of catastrophe would have.
Nostradamus Prediction: A Prophecy Resurfaces
The eerie relevance of this scenario has also led some to revisit the prophecies of 16th-century French astrologer Michel de Nostredame, more famously known as Nostradamus. In one of his cryptic quatrains, interpreted by several scholars over the years, he seemingly alluded to a “great war in the Orient,” around the time of “two great powers clashing near the mountains.” While such predictions are always open to subjective readings, many now point to 2025 and the India-Pakistan region particularly Kashmir as the unsettling realization of that prophecy. Though not a scientific source, the mention of Nostradamus adds a chilling layer of mysticism to an already volatile geopolitical reality.
Nuclear Disaster Between Pakistan and India: Experts Warn in Historic Study
The main study was carried out by researchers at the University of Colorado, as part of a collaboration with Rutgers University, and published in the scientific journal Science Advances. This was not an individual effort. The study combined data and information from a diverse assortment of reputable organizations, including the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federation of American Scientists, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and educational institutions like the University of Texas at Rio Grande and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Impacts Beyond Borders: A Global Alarm
The 2019 research sought to raise an international alarm regarding the catastrophic potential of a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan. It stressed that the war would not be limited to South Asia, but would have long-term environmental and humanitarian impacts globally. Notably, the researchers referred to the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an important global step that needs to be maintained to avoid such a situation.
The simulations and projections were meant to make the world understand the ghastly consequences of an atomic war one that would cast the world into a global food crisis, climate disturbance, and massive deaths. The relevance of the study in 2025 is more urgent than ever.
