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Originally Posted by LT. Ox
I am sure I had read somewhere ( I thought here but I can not locate the post) that a detonation at 200 miles would impact the entire USA and most of Canada with parts of Mexico?
Given that coverage, one north and one south this side of the date line with similar spread in western and eastern eu. and a spot at the south portion of China would disrupt , DISRUPT HELL would cripple the world as much, perhaps more than low level tactical strikes.
I have started to research the effects and see if I can find any preventative measures that have been developed and published, if any you have the info let me know where I can read up.
Thanks
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You are absolutely correct. This also makes a good start to your campaign. In my previous post, I was referring to the constant emphasis in Twilight's background that NATO and the PACT didn't want the "other side" to think it was a general exchange. Watching a nuke come down to "nominal yield" altitude would have triggered that general exchange. A nuke detonated at high altitude would have caused much more chaos on the ground without producing the same reaction that "watching your cities burn in a flash" would have. This strategy would have made a greater level of sense with regards to France. "Accidentally initiating" a high level EMP attack just inside the French border from Germany or the French side of The Channel would cause a major disruption of French Command and Control. The Soviets could then say, "Whoops, those were meant for Germany and England." Actually dropping nukes on French soil would invite a French retaliatory attack and possibly drag the French into the conflict. A turn of events that the Soviets could ill afford have happen and would want to avoid at all costs. This makes more sense to me and we know now that EMP was in fact "a cornerstone" of Soviet Nuclear Strategy.