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Originally Posted by kato13
The US could be really weak. There are ways to get there.
Higher civilian deaths.
Spetnaz and perhaps Mexican nationals performing effective sabotage and assassinations.
Bioweapons on crops.
Regional Schisms
States seceding
National Guard troops refusing to leave their home states after nuclear strikes and other mutinies.
Natural Disasters
I just have a problem with it being portrayed as worse than Poland which had armies go over every inch two or three times, chemical weapons, strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, carpet bombings, rail-lines destroyed, minefields, not a single prewar bridge or powerplant standing, etc.
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There was always a considerable threat from KGB/GRU sabotage attacks, it's one of the reasons that the Feds provided funds for the State Guard units as well as providing military weapons and training to local police agencies.
With multiple refinery strikes crippling the petroleum industry, strikes at critical transportation hubs will fairly well destroy the industrial and agricultural industries as well.
Toss in strikes at nuclear/gas/coal and hydro power plants and a lot of people are going to be dead, dying or wishing they were dead.
This could be the most likely scenario for an executive order declaring martial law, one that could easily get a congressional approval.
But it still shuts down the MilGov/CivGov split. There would still be a President and a Congress (of sorts), to be sure, there might be a regional "President", but as the legal government slowly rebuilt power, industry, transportation, etc, then they could apply military force to bring the warlord under control.
As gas as states splitting from the union, it can easily happen, depending on the damage and fallout patterns, but eventually, they too can be reclaimed.
LOL! Talk about a T2K/Morrow Project link!!!