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Great detailed sequence of the launch and effects of a nuclear attack on Brownsville, Texas.

THE EFFECTS OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nukergv.html

Spread in the woods near Vvpolzovo, Russia (halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg), is a series of underground concrete missile silos, each covered by a concrete cover and surrounded by three security fences. At 7:24 PM local time (11:24 AM CDT), one of these covers suddenly slides open on remote command from men in an underground shelter 10 kilometers (6 miles) away. Three minutes later compressed gases eject a missile 24 meters (80 feet) long from this silo. This intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), known in Russia as the RS-16 and in the U.S. as the SS-17 Spanker, ignites its engines in mid-air and accelerates upward, towards targets 9,600 km (6,000 miles) away. Half the size of a space shuttle solid rocket booster, the missile proceeds upward with continual course corrections, attracting the attention of thousands of Russians. Two minutes after launch the first stage falls away, and the second stage separates about a minute later. Now beyond the atmosphere, 300 km (200 mi.) over Finland, the payload bus--about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle--is left to coast the rest of the way to the target.