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This is sort of a companion thread to my one on the Cuban Missile War one:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/recovery-time-from-1962-world-war-three.385683/

Assume Able Archer and/or Petrov not on duty results in a sudden nuclear exchange. Assume worst plausible case. How long before technology is comparable to the pre-war level.
Note the stockpiles (especially Soviet) are much larger, and easily recoverable natural resources (both physical and pre-industrial "know-how") are more depleated.
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