Yes, exactly like my map. But the Fulda Gap is in the area of US V Corps.
Will make an edit when I have the time.
Yes, exactly like my map. But the Fulda Gap is in the area of US V Corps.
Will it? Africa, South America, possibly Australia and India will remain intact...
This is what I thougt as well. I thought tthe sovjet doctrine was to use tactical nukes as where it artillery, hence the very light protection against small arms of the BPM's and the, relative, overprotection against nuclear fallout. I also read some where the planned mass graves for Polish and East German soldiers, who colapsed due to radiation sickness, since they had to form the first wave.Like all these scenarios, this is not remotely realistic. Soviet SOP had chemical weapons and even tac nukes neutralising key NATO targets in the first wave. The entire idea of a conventional war was nonsense that Politian's spouted to calm the masses but no one military believed would happen. Its why Tom Clancy in Red Storm had to show the East Germans somehow forcing the Soviets not to use WMD's to have a novel rather than a short story.
The other trope that's being followed is the quality of the Soviet kit, when we got hands on it after the wall fell, it was clear it had been biged up ( Western arms manufactures having a vested interest to make it seem moth threatening ). Books and films might show an almost unstoppable juggernaut, the reality was a paper tiger. MIG 29's were not the equal of F-16's especially at long range for example and the MIG 25 was to put it mildly crude.
Apparently the Doomsday plans of both had F* U* strikes to ensure none of the other sides allies and supporters ( and ideology similar neutrals, sorry Ireland ) survived intact ( China gets plastered for instance by both the Soviets and US ). The hope of a WWIII just wreaking the Northern Hemisphere is just that, reality was both sides wanted to make sure if they were going down, nobody else got to "win".Will it? Africa, South America, possibly Australia and India will remain intact...
This is exactly what is was writing earlier.Apparently the Doomsday plans of both had F* U* strikes to ensure none of the other sides allies and supporters ( and ideology similar neutrals, sorry Ireland ) survived intact ( China gets plastered for instance by both the Soviets and US ). The hope of a WWIII just wreaking the Northern Hemisphere is just that, reality was both sides wanted to make sure if they were going down, nobody else got to "win".
Looks like Argentina might get the Falklands after all.
I’d imagine the token NATO forces in West Berlin are having an entertaining time too, though I’d not expect them to hold for long.
Well we don’t knowIt is already hinted that this is going to end to destruction of known civilisation. And frankly it is hard to keep WW3 on-going without nuclear holocaust when both sides have thousands of nucelar weapons.
It is just hard to keep things unescalated when first nukes are launched. Things almost inevitable would go from hands.
Pine Gap had to be targeted as well for round oneI know that the Australian government was expecting only one nuclear strike to happen if the balloon went up and that target would have been Exmouth up north.
Well we don’t know
We have never been in that situation before
And thankfully never will be
10 % is a lot probably several hundredEven if only ten percent of existing nukes are used we are going to be in bad condition.
Fortunately not.
I hope so but who knows?
No, 10% would easily be in the thousands.10 % is a lot probably several hundred
I think if it’s under 25 nukes both sides included maybe effects will not be catastrophic
I suspect the only question will be whether or not the WarPac forces (from a Google, an East German assignment) will be celebrating taking West Berlin before they get reduced to radioactive ash.Pretty surely suffering of NATO and Soviet forces in Berlin are ending quickly since the city would be nuked as radioactive crater.
Yes.... was consideration ever given by NATO to implement nuclear “mines” along the eastern borders?
Although, of course, it will be interesting to learn about Lazar Kaganovich here. He died a few months before the collapse of the USSR, despite the fact that he had been a member of the RSDLP(b) since 1911.