Particle Man
New Member
Hi Everyone, this is my first thread on this site. About a year ago after the shoot down of a Russian aircraft by Turkish forces I became concerned about the potential of a NATO conflict with Russia. After much study I determined that such a conflict was likely and could easily escalate to nuclear, either through accidental means or through interference by a 3rd party. I researched the worst likely outcome (a massive nuclear exchange between Russia and the US) as well as the likely weapons that the Russians would be using, which are mostly ICBM warheads with yields around 250 kts and 750-1000 kts. I created a likely target list of military bases, nuclear power plants, cities over 150,000 and other unique aimpoints for fallout dispersal. Using Nukemap and over a period of several months I began building an effects map. I've just finished and here are the results. I was able to estimate spring wind patterns only approximately so don't take the fallout patterns as fully realistic (many could easily head to the south). I did this mostly as a hobby over time so I can't really just reproduce material like this for every scenario or country. This is basically a worst case, although I'm sure there is much we don't know about Russian weapons as well as American defense capabilities.