Physicist Hans-Benjamin Braun claims the December 15–16, 2024 explosion in Tartus, Syria may have been caused by a very small nuclear device of about 0.3 kilotons. The blast reportedly produced a seismic signal equivalent to about a magnitude 3.0–3.1 earthquake, which he says fits the expected yield of such a weapon. He also points to radiation spikes detected at monitoring stations in Cyprus and parts of Turkey about 16 hours later, which he interprets as fallout carried by the wind, along with reported radiation levels near the explosion site that he says match a low-yield nuclear detonation. He also says that this was not the only low-yield nuclear weapon used in the recent conflicts. If this is true, it would mean we are already in a limited nuclear strikes scenario, with the next stage being World War III and full nuclear war before the geophysical event. This is the alleged nuclear explosion. Keep in mind that if this was a 0.3 kiloton bomb, it would be about 50 times weaker than the Hiroshima bomb.