Full description of Nuclear Attack

[Cdnwolf]

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.

[Cdnwolf]

Map of area

[Cdnwolf]

The number of deaths is what is scary and makes you wonder about the TWL2000 death toll.

At 11:59 the Valley had a population of 797,000 and Brownsville contained 135,000 people. At 2:00 PM the Valley's population is 449,000 (including 104,000 injured seriously enough to require hospitalization under normal conditions), and only 1,700 people from Brownsville survive. A total of 568,000 have been killed and 310,000 injured in Texas and Mexico.


Two months after the attack, the death toll in the Valley has reached 636,000; of the 161,000 survivors there are 47,000 injured. Only about 1,000 people who were in Brownsville when the attack occurred still survive. In south Texas and north-eastern Mexico, a total of 1,003,000 have been killed and 387,000 injured.

[General Pain]

a damn good read...

[Marc]

A cold, interesting and scary description. Thanks for the link.

[Caradhras]

Apologies for my ignorance, was Brownsville used as an example for any particular reason? A good read admittedly.

Brownsville was not nuked in my v.1 T2k - my PCs played through the Red Star, Lone star scenario there.

edit - oops - just a coincidence Brownsville used, not a T2K source, sry.