Re: The Effects of a Global Thermonuclear War in 1988 (Re: Nuclear War, 1980's)

"D. Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Nick Pedley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > A question that I, and a lot of science fiction writers, have
wondered
> > > > about - who, if anyone, would survive an all-out nuclear war between
> > > > superpowers? For unimportant reasons, a major conflict breaks out
> > > > between the Soviet Union and the US in the 1980's.  An all-out ICBM
> > > > and SLBM attack is launched against the US.  The US responds with
> > > > complete retaliation against all pre-programmed targets.  What's
left
> > > > of the USSR responds in kind.  And so on until silos and submarines
of
> > > > both sides have gone through the entire launch procedures or are
> > > > destroyed.
> > > >
> > > > After all-out nuclear war, is there going to be nuclear winter and
the
> > > > end of the human race? Are there still going to be survivors in
> > > > Eurasia or North America, and which areas of the world would be left
> > > > untouched?  Who (if anyone) rises to power after the apocalypse?
> > > >
> > > > -Y
> > >
> > >
> > > Found this timeline on the web, it might be what you were looking for.
> > > It centers mainly on the effects in Texas...
> > >
> > What a surprise, it's US-centric. Are there any similar studies focusing
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> > Europe or Britain in particular?
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> > Nick
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> It was written for reading by a Texan audience, not U.S. or European. If
you
> are so jealous of the attention, be our guest and host our current major
> ICBM fields which will make the U.K. and Commonwealth the new center of
> attention for hostile ICBM warheads.
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Nah, it's OK, we've got enough US (and UK) military targets in Britain
already. There's that anti-missile defence place in Yorkshire for starters.
WTF else do you think I asked about UK-centric studies?

Nick
P.S. Which ng are you posting from?