This author has no clue how impossibly dangerous nuclear weapons are.
The nukes bounced off? Lmao, nukes have kill zones where organic matter vaporizes in an instant within multiple kilometers. And no, the radiation is not the most dangerous part of a nuclear detonation, its the least dangerous. One second you're fine and the next you're fucking burning, even If the god damn explosion is multiple kilometers away.
I wish the authors would at least try to do some research instead of spouting nonsense.