Cuban Missle Crisis Leads To Nuclear War

[DMA]

I would think that the U.S. would do more damage to the USSR than the other way around...

I'm a bit confused I'm saying the USSR gets hit by about 500 nukes, whereas the USA only gets hit by about 100 nukes...

 

[Wendell]

I'm a bit confused I'm saying the USSR gets hit by about 500 nukes, whereas the USA only gets hit by about 100 nukes...

I thought you said that the U.S. was hit by one-thousand nukes....

 

[DMA]

I thought you said that the U.S. was hit by one-thousand nukes....

Nope, only one hundred for a nuclear war in 1962.

Completely different story come the next time things get tense between the two in 1973.

 

[Wendell]

Nope, only one hundred for a nuclear war in 1962.

Completely different story come the next time things get tense between the two in 1973.

In OTL, or in this ATL?

 

[DMA]

In OTL, or in this ATL?

In OTL - The Yom Kippur War 1973.

 

[Wendell]

In OTL - The Yom Kippur War 1973.

That would be...interesting....

 

[DMA]

That would be...interesting....

It would be pretty nasty too as we'd be talking thousands of nuclear detonations in both the USA & USSR.

 

[Wendell]

It would be pretty nasty too as we'd be talking thousands of nuclear detonations in both the USA & USSR.

Theoretically...

 

[DMA]

Theoretically...

Well it depends how ready both sides are, but in the 10 years between the two crises we're talking a huge increase in nukes. The USA alone has 1 844 ICBMs in 1973, whilst the Soviets have 1 462.

 

[Wendell]

Well it depends how ready both sides are, but in the 10 years between the two crises we're talking a huge increase in nukes. The USA alone has 1 844 ICBMs in 1973, whilst the Soviets have 1 462.

But if one obliterates the arsenal of the other....

 

[DMA]

But if one obliterates the arsenal of the other....

That's a big IF & highly unlikely. In fact the Soviets were on a higher alert than the Americans during the Yom Kippur crisis. As a result, it's more likely that the Americans could get hit than the other way around. But even then I'd doubt that the Soviet attack would go unoticed, meaning Nixon would have time to order a counter attack.

Then there's the two nations SLBMs still to consider. The US had over 3 500 SLBM warheads. So that's enough to make the Soviets pay for any sneak attack. Similarly the Soviets had about 600 SLBMs. That's still enough to destroy much of the USA.