st mary/queen is not the whore. its a city
"8 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”" https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=NIV
Most likely babylon; becuase the chapter right after refers to babylons fall, after the kings of the nations it abuses get sick of her, and burn her with fire.
>nuke?