UK in Twilight War

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Just thought I'd have a look at how Britain would look after the nuclear strike, and what is likely to have survived.


UK NUCLEAR TARGET LIST

England: Aldershot, Barnsley, Bedford, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bristol, Bury, Coventry, Derby, Dover, Folkestone, Gloucester, Grimsby, Hereford, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Luton, Manchester, Nottingham, Rochdale, Rotherham, Sheffield, Southampton, Stockport, Warrington, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Yeovil, York
Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Grangemouth
Wales: Cardiff, Milford Haven, Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea

Although Britain got a right pounding and the Soviets knocked out most of Britain’s major cities, industrial centres and oil refining capabilities, they didn’t get it all. British nuclear weapon and nuclear power capabilities were not directly targeted, and besides targeting Aldershot and Hereford they seem to have missed most British military bases. The British nuclear deterrent at Rosyth, the nuclear weapons factory at Aldermaston, and the nuclear submarine yard at Barrow were not targeted, or were the Royal Navy bases (Portsmouth, Devonport, Clyde). Some bases near cities that were nuked were indirectly destroyed or damaged, but many important ones such as Northwood HQ, Porton Down, Winterbourne-Gunner and RAF High Wycombe were not targeted, and most if not all RAF and USAF bases across Britain seem to have survived.

Also some of Britain’s military industrial infrastructure would be intact. The British shipyards at Glasgow, Liverpool, Southampton and Bristol are all destroyed or heavily damaged, but the nuclear submarine yard at Barrow and major shipyards at Newcastle and Belfast have survived, as have repair docks at Middlesbrough and the naval bases in the south. The aerospace, military vehicle and small weapons industry would have been severely disrupted through the destruction of industry in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Gloucester, Leeds, Hull, Manchester, Nottingham, Liverpool, Sheffield and Southampton, while the Rolls Royce engine factory in Derby and the Westland helicopter plant at Yeovil were also targeted. However some industry has survived at Leicester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Preston, Samlesbury, Telford, Warton, Belfast, Alsager, Isle of Wight and at other locations.


Oil Refineries
England
Coryton (Probable damage from nuclear strike on nearby London)
Fawley (Destroyed)
Humber (Damaged from nuclear strike on Grimsby but likely to be operational)
Lindsey (Probably destroyed from nuclear strike on nearby Grimsby)
Shell Haven (Probable damage from nuclear strike on London) (* Closed in 1999)
Stanlow (Probable damage from nuclear strike on Liverpool)
Teeside (Operational)
Scotland
Grangemouth (Destroyed)
Wales
Milford Haven (Destroyed)
Pembroke (Possible damage from nuclear strike on South Wales but likely to be operational)

Oil Storage Facilities
England
Eastham (Destroyed from nuclear strike on nearby Liverpool)
Hertfordshire (Operational)
Kingsbury (Possible damage from nuclear strike on nearby Grimsby but likely to be operational)
Tranmere (Probable heavy damage from nuclear strike on nearby Liverpool)
Shetland Islands
Sullom Voe (Operational)
Irish Sea
Offshore Storage Installation (Operational)

Oil Fields
All British oil fields are located offshore in North Sea.

Nuclear Power Stations
England
Berkeley (276mw) (England) (Decommissioned in 1989)
Bradwell (246mw) (Operational)
Dungeness A (450mw) (Possible damage from nuclear strikes on Dover & Folkestone but likely to be operational)
Dungeness B (1,110mw) (Possible damage from nuclear strikes on Dover & Folkestone but likely to be operational)
Hartlepool (1,210mw) (Operational)
Hinkley Point A (470mw) (Possible damage from nuclear strike on Bristol but likely to be operational)
Hinkley Point B (1,220mw) (Possible damage from nuclear strike on Bristol but likely to be operational)
Heysham 1 (1,150mw) (Operational)
Heysham 2 (1,250mw) (Operational)
Oldbury (434mw) (Probable heavy damage from nuclear strikes on Bristol and Gloucester)
Sizwell A (420mw) (Operational)
Sizwell B (1,188mw) (Operational)
Scotland
Chapelcross (240mw) (Operational)
Dounreay (250mw) (Scotland) (Decommissioned in 1994)
Hunterston A (300mw) (Scotland) (Decommissioned in 1990)
Hunterston B (1,190mw) (Possible damage from nuclear strike on Glasgow but probably operational)
Torness (1,254mw) (Probably destroyed or heavily damaged from nuclear strike on Edinburgh)
Wales
Trawsfynydd (390mw) (Wales) (Decommissioned in 1991)
Wylfa (980mw) (Operational)

Nuclear Weapons & Reactor Factories
England
Aldermaston (Nuclear weapons design and manufacture) (Possible damage from nuclear strike on Aldershot but probably operational)
Raynesway (Rolls Royce Marine Nuclear Fuel and Fabrication) (Destroyed from nuclear strike on Derby)

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing & Examination Facilities
England
Sellafield (Operational)
Winfrith (Operational)

Nuclear Research Reactors
England
Chilton (Rutherford-Appleton nuclear research laboratory) (Operational)
Culham (Operational)
Harwell (Operational)
Greenwich (Decommissioned in 1991)
London (UCL research reactor) (Destroyed)
Risley (Decommissioned in 1991)



UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
GREATER LONDON (25 miles from central London)
Nuclear Targets: London
Surviving Towns and Ports: Dartford, Gravesend, Guilford, Maidenhead, Slough, Staines, Tilbury, Watford, Windsor, Woking and some London suburbs
Airports: Gatwick (Destroyed), Heathrow (Damaged), London City (Destroyed)
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: UCL Research Reactor (Destroyed)
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Northolt, RAF West Drayton (Destroyed)
Military Bases: London barracks destroyed or heavily damaged, Whitehall (Destroyed), Windsor Castle

EAST OF ENGLAND
Nuclear Targets: Bedford, Luton
Surviving Towns and Ports: Basildon, Brentwood, Bury, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Colchester, Felixstowe, Harlow, Harwich, Hemel Hempstead, Ipswich, Lowestoft, King’s Lynn, Norwich, Peterborough, Southend, St. Albans, Stevenage, Thurrock, Yarmouth
Airports: Luton (Destroyed), Norwich, Peterborough, Southend, Stanstead
Nuclear Power Stations: Bradwell
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: Coryton (Damaged), Shell Haven (Damaged)
Oil Storage Facilities: Hertfordshire
Air Bases: Bassingbourne, RAF Alconbury, RAF Barkway, RAF Brampton, RAF Feltwell, RAF Henlow, RAF Honington, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Marham, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Molesworth, RAF Stanbridge, RAF Upwood, RAF Wattisham, RAF Wittering, RAF Wyton
Military Bases: Bury St. Edmunds, Carver, Chicksands, Colchester, Northwood HQ, Swanton Morley, Thetford

SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
Nuclear Targets: Aldershot, Dover, Folkestone, Southampton
Surviving Towns and Ports: Ashford, Andover, Aylesbury, Basingstoke, Bracknell, Brighton, Canterbury, Chatham, Cherwell, Chichester, Crawley, Eastbourne, Farnborough, Gillingham, Gosport, Guildford, Hastings, High Wycombe, Maidstone, Margate, Milton Keynes, Newhaven, Oxford, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Reading, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Swale, Tunbridge Wells, Winchester
Airports: Manston, Shoreham, Southampton (Destroyed)
Nuclear Power Stations: Dungeness A & B
Nuclear Facilities: Aldermaston, Chilton, Culham, Harwell
Oil Refineries: Fawley (Destroyed)
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: Andover, AAC Middle Wallop, Farnborough, RAF Benson, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Halton, RAF High Wycombe, RAF Oakhanger, RAF Odiham, RAF Welford, RAF Weston, RAF Woodley
Naval Bases: Portsmouth, Sheerness
Military Bases: Aldershot (Destroyed), Arborfield, Bicester, Bramley, Canterbury, Chatham, Longmoor, Pirbright, Reading, Sandhurst, Shorncliff, Thorney Island, Winchester, Worthy Down

SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND
Nuclear Targets: Bristol, Gloucester, Yeovil
Surviving Towns and Ports: Bath, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Exeter, Poole, Plymouth, Salisbury, Swindon, Torbay, Weymouth
Airports: Bournemouth, Bristol (Destroyed), Exeter, Gloucester (Destroyed), Newquay, Plymouth
Nuclear Power Stations: Oldbury (Damaged), Hinkley Point A (Possible damage), Hinkley Point B (Possible damage)
Nuclear Facilities: Winfrith
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: AAC Netheravon, RAF Fairwood, RAF Lyneham, RAF St. Mawgan, RNAS Culdrose, RNAS Merryfield, RNAS Predannack, RNAS Yeovilton (Damaged)
Naval Bases: Devonport
Military Bases: Barnstable, Beachley, Blandford, Bovington, Bristol (Destroyed), Bulford, Cirencester, Corsham, Exeter, Fort Halstead, Fugglestone, Larkhill, Ludgershall, Norton Manor, Porton Down, Plymouth, RM Chivenor, Tidworth, Warminster, Winterbourne-Gunner

EAST-MIDLANDS
Nuclear Targets: Derby, Nottingham
Surviving Towns and Ports: Boston, Corby, Grantham, Leicester, Lincoln, Kettering, Mansfield, Northampton, Wellingborough
Airports: Castle Donington
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: Raynesway (Destroyed)
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Barkston Heath, RAF Coningsby, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Cranwell, RAF Croughton, RAF Digby, RAF Scampton, RAF Syerston, RAF Waddington
Military Bases: Copthorne, Leicester, Nottingham (Destroyed), Shewsbury

WEST-MIDLANDS
Nuclear Targets: Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Wolverhampton
Surviving Towns and Ports: Burton, Dudley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nuneaton, Redditch, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke, Stratford, Tamworth, Telford, Warwick, Worcester
Airports: Birmingham (Destroyed), Coventry (Destroyed)
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Cosford, RAF Shawbury, RAF Stafford
Military Bases: Donington, Dudley, Hereford (Destroyed), Lichfield, Redditch, Telford, Ternhill, Wolverhampton (Destroyed)

YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
Nuclear Targets: Barnsley, Grimsby, Hull, Greater Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, York
Surviving Towns and Ports: Doncaster, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Immingham, Scunthorpe, Wakefield
Airports: Doncaster (Damaged), Humberside, Leeds (Destroyed)
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: Humber (Damaged), Lindsey (Destroyed)
Oil Storage Facilities: Kingsbury (Damaged)
Air Bases: RAF Dishforth, RAF Holmpton, RAF Leconfield
Military Bases: Catterick, Fulford, Hillsborough (Destroyed), Hull (Destroyed), Pudsey, Sheffield (Destroyed), York (Destroyed)

NORTH-EAST ENGLAND
Nuclear Targets: None
Surviving Towns and Ports: Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Stockton, Sunderland
Airports: Durham-Tees, Newcastle
Nuclear Power Stations: Hartlepool
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: Teeside
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Boulmer, RAF Church Fenton, RAF Flyngdales, RAF Leeming, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Topcliffe
Military Bases: Durham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Otterburn, Stockton

NORTH-WEST ENGLAND
Nuclear Targets: Blackburn, Bolton, Bury, Greater Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Rochdale, Stockport, Warrington, Wigan
Surviving Towns and Ports: Barrow, Birkenhead (Damaged), Blackpool, Bootle, Burnley, Carlisle, Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port (Damaged), Fleetwood, Lancaster, Preston, Southport
Airports: Blackpool, Liverpool (Destroyed), Manchester (Destroyed)
Nuclear Power Stations: Heysham 1 & 2, Sizwell A & B
Nuclear Facilities: Sellafield
Oil Refineries: Stanlow (Damaged)
Oil Storage Facilities: Eastham (Destroyed), Tranmere (Damaged), Offshore Storage Installation
Air Bases: RAF Woodvale
Military Bases: Chester, Preston, Warcop, Weeton, Wigan (Destroyed)

SCOTLAND
CENTRAL LOWLANDS & BORDER
Nuclear Targets: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Grangemouth
Surviving Towns and Ports: Cairnryan, East Kilbride, Livingston, Paisley, Perth, Stirling
Airports: Aberdeen (Destroyed), Campbeltown, Dundee (Destroyed), Edinburgh (Destroyed), Glasgow (Destroyed), Perth, Prestwick
Nuclear Power Stations: Chapelcross, Hunterston B (Possible damage), Torness (Damaged)
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: Grangemouth (Destroyed)
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Buchan, RAF Leuchars,
Naval Bases: Clyde, Rosyth
Military Bases: Ayr, Barry Buddon, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dundee (Destroyed), Glasgow (Destroyed), Edinburgh Castle (Damaged), Forfar, Garelochhead, Penicuik, Perth, RM Condor, Stirling

HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
Nuclear Targets: None
Surviving Towns and Ports: Inverness, Kirkwall
Airports: Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Scatsta, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Wick
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: Sullom Voe
Air Bases: RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kinloss
Naval Bases: Loch Ewe
Military Bases: Fort George, Inverness, Peterhead

WALES
Nuclear Targets: Cardiff, Milford Haven, Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea
Surviving Towns and Ports: Barry, Holyhead, Rhonda
Airports: Cardiff (Destroyed), Hawarden
Nuclear Power Stations: Wylfa
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: Milford Haven (Destroyed), Pembroke (Damaged)
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF St. Athan, RAF Sealand, RAF Valley
Military Bases: Cardiff (Destroyed), Sennybridge

NORTHERN IRELAND
Nuclear Targets: None
Surviving Towns and Ports: Bangor, Belfast, Castlereagh, Craigavon, Derry, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey
Airports: Belfast, Derry, Langford Lodge
Nuclear Power Stations: None
Nuclear Facilities: None
Oil Refineries: None
Oil Storage Facilities: None
Air Bases: RAF Aldergrove, RAF Bishopscourt
Military Bases: Balykinler, Ballykelly, Ballymena, Belfast, Derry, Holywood, Lisburn, Omagh, Portadown