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[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Olefin

Cant remember if Orlando did get nuked but the the Cape got CLOBBERED - its only 55 miles away - so have a feeling it wasnt a very pleasant place to be following the TDM - i.e. hey they missed us - yup but all our electronics got fried big time

Just in my T2Ku, the warheads that were to hit Cape Canaveral missed -- badly -- except for the ones that were taken out by missile defense. Columbia is sitting on the runway, as the air raid sirens went off as the Columbia crew exited the vehicle after a military mission, and Endeavor is in the VAB, waiting for a launch that never came. There was a small, 3-foot wave that lapped gently over the Cape.

Almost all of the other shuttles, along with OV10, OV11, and OV12 (which were built specifically for the military) were at Vandenberg, which likewise was saved due to poor aiming, computer errors, missile defense and fratricide. Discovery, however, was attacked in orbit by a Soviet spaceplane and was hit by several minelets, which damaged Discovery enough that it could not conduct a normal reentry. To keep Discovery from the Soviets, the crew deliberately deorbited Discovery to go down in the Pacific.

Just my T2Ku.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Just in my T2Ku, the warheads that were to hit Cape Canaveral missed -- badly -- except for the ones that were taken out by missile defense. Columbia is sitting on the runway, as the air raid sirens went off as the Columbia crew exited the vehicle after a military mission, and Endeavor is in the VAB, waiting for a launch that never came. There was a small, 3-foot wave that lapped gently over the Cape.

Almost all of the other shuttles, along with OV10, OV11, and OV12 (which were built specifically for the military) were at Vandenberg, which likewise was saved due to poor aiming, computer errors, missile defense and fratricide. Discovery, however, was attacked in orbit by a Soviet spaceplane and was hit by several minelets, which damaged Discovery enough that it could not conduct a normal reentry. To keep Discovery from the Soviets, the crew deliberately deorbited Discovery to go down in the Pacific.

Just my T2Ku.

Always said that someone in the writers had a real Jones to want to put a lot of hurt on Cape Canaveral - they over targeted it big time - a 100kt nuke just for the VAB??? Talk about making sure they got the target

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Olefin

they over targeted it big time - a 100kt nuke just for the VAB??? Talk about making sure they got the target

To make up for inaccuracy the Soviets did not use many small nukes.


This chart really shows how few low yield devices they have (again comparably).

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/wrjp159r.html


Posted originally in this thread.
https://forum.juhlin.com/showthread....SLBM#post65649

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by kato13

To make up for inaccuracy the Soviets did not use many small nukes.


This chart really shows how few low yield devices they have (again comparably).

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/wrjp159r.html


Posted originally in this thread.
https://forum.juhlin.com/showthread....SLBM#post65649

I know - I think some of the canon authors just made up warhead yields at the time - Urban Guerrilla says its a one megaton strike with it broken up into ten 100kt warheads specifically hitting individual pads/launch complexes plus the VAB

[stilleto69]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Just in my T2Ku, the warheads that were to hit Cape Canaveral missed -- badly -- except for the ones that were taken out by missile defense. Columbia is sitting on the runway, as the air raid sirens went off as the Columbia crew exited the vehicle after a military mission, and Endeavor is in the VAB, waiting for a launch that never came. There was a small, 3-foot wave that lapped gently over the Cape.

Almost all of the other shuttles, along with OV10, OV11, and OV12 (which were built specifically for the military) were at Vandenberg, which likewise was saved due to poor aiming, computer errors, missile defense and fratricide. Discovery, however, was attacked in orbit by a Soviet spaceplane and was hit by several minelets, which damaged Discovery enough that it could not conduct a normal reentry. To keep Discovery from the Soviets, the crew deliberately deorbited Discovery to go down in the Pacific.

Just my T2Ku.

Same here, in my T2Ku, the Soviets hit Cape Canaveral, but the only warheads that made it hit some of the old disused launch pads, or landed out to sea and the resulting tidal wave is what hit the Cape.