Able Archer '83: The Aftermath

[stevep]

Because none of those have any real basis in reality. Case in point with your concern over Fallout:

You seem to have a very outdated perception of what Fallout is, too, for the record; within two weeks everywhere but the direct impact zones are safe and Fallout is no longer a running concern. Hell, there are hundreds of people who have been living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone since the events there happened in 1986 and that's many times worse-in terms of radioactive output-then what a nuclear bomb would do since we are talking about a reactor with much more fuel.

Possibly my ideas on fall-out levels are 'outdated' but fortunately we never found out. However even if that doesn't cause direct impact on Mexico - in which case other northern hemisphere nations which avoid direct attack also come into play - my other points are valid.

 

[History Learner]

Possibly my ideas on fall-out levels are 'outdated' but fortunately we never found out. However even if that doesn't cause direct impact on Mexico - in which case other northern hemisphere nations which avoid direct attack also come into play - my other points are valid.

Oh you'd probably have other survivor nations in the Northern Hemisphere; Switzerland comes to mind. I just don't see any of them being major powers. As for everything else, I don't really see any validity to it; economic chaos is over-stated in this environment as an issue given the entire global economy has disappeared. What matters now is raw resources and the ability to utilize existing state structures to effectively ration what the nations have for the most part or trade with those able to do so throughout the rest of the Global South.

 

[ATP]

Oh you'd probably have other survivor nations in the Northern Hemisphere; Switzerland comes to mind. I just don't see any of them being major powers. As for everything else, I don't really see any validity to it; economic chaos is over-stated in this environment as an issue given the entire global economy has disappeared. What matters now is raw resources and the ability to utilize existing state structures to effectively ration what the nations have for the most part or trade with those able to do so throughout the rest of the Global South.

Sweden should survive,too - unles Norwegia and Denmark,they were no part of NATO.
If i remember correctly,soviets in 1983 planned to use about 600 tactical nukes in Germany and Denmark ,not counting MAD exchange.Poor danes.