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My own take is this is the primary teams fielded by the Project:
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I've got a different hierarchy:
i. Field: The teams described in the modules (except for the Agricultural one in the 'Fall Back' module)
Recon - includes the 'Contact teams' described by ArmySGT
MARS
Science
ii. Area: Higher level, specialised teams, many based around fixed installations.
Agriculture (plant and animal crops)
Logistics - resupply and transport (ground,water, air for larger projects)
Communications/Command - 'C3I' at the area level
Medical - includes NBC decontamination (population); small clinics or hospitals at the high end.
Engineering - power, infrastructure, decontamination/reclamation (land and building assets) etc.
iii. Region: Top tier; the North American operations area is divided into at most a dozen Project regions.
C3I (command, communications, control, intelligence)
Prime and regional bases (e.g. Starnaman depot as regional asset)
Engineering (e.g. fusion plant factory, rocket base if you must have one)
Medical (hospital size facilities; research bases)
Science (research facilities; universities)
mikeo80 wrote:
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This team is HIGHLY speculative.
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In 1989, the Soviets had continuous launch on warning capability (available from 1984) with satellites watching the U.S. ICBM fields for missiles lifting off.
This gave them 30 minutes' warning[1].
Poseidon or Trident I could have been launched from areas not well covered by warning radars - minimum time 7 minutes from launch to impact.
Similarly, the U.S. had launch on warning capability with the Defense Support Program (DSP) constellation - though one presumes they were caught up in the computer malfunction that led to the U.S. launching a first strike[2].
The speed of Soviet retaliation would have been determined by the ability of the General Secretary, defense minister and the chief of the General Staff to jointly authorise a strike[3].
The TM1-1 strike is a bit wimpy, especially when compared to the actual Soviet arsenal in 1989.
Continuity of Government installations in Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia would have been primary targets.
The Project building hardened installations close to DC seems unlikely - someone in the FBI or other agencies would have taken notice.
Rob
[1]
http://cisac.stanford.edu/publicatio...warning_system
[2] J.T. Richelson "America's Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security" University Press of Kansas, 1999.
[3]B.G. Blair "The Logic of Accidental Nuclear War" Brookings Institution, 1993.
p.64-74; chapter 4 provides an overview of the Soviet/Russian C&C system