A surprise nuclear attack

The military idea

Basically it is to devastate the opposing nation as a whole by employing overwhelming force, with out warning; on civilians, politicians and military indiscriminately. This is not the same as a pre-emptive strike which uses the counter-force method and tries to avoid civilian targets in favor of military and political ones.

Counter measures

A secondary strike could be launched from ballistic missile submarines, surviving land base missiles and already airborne bombers.

Anti-ICBM missiles like the Soviet (A-35 anti-ballistic missile system) and the United States (LIM-49 Nike Zeus missile system) were heavily limited under the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty so as only give enough to defeat terrorists, rogue commanders who acted alone or what we now call rogue states.

The Mutually Assured Destruction theory was the ultimate in insane logic and nuclear deterrents!

Lunching rules

• The following nations would not use atomic arms unless in revenge for being nuked them selves.

1. China.
2. India.
3. USSR (under Gorbachev). 

• The following nations would not use them unless there invaded by a massive force from or in revenge for being nuked.

1. Russia (under Boris Yelstin).
2. France.
3. United States. (under Harry S. Truman, Ike, JFK,George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.)
4. N. Korea
5. Belarus

• pre-meptive strike

1. United States. (under Ronald Reagan)
2. USSR (under Nikita Khrushchev)

• To win WW2.

1. USA (under Franklin D. Roosevelt).

• Unknown since the don't seam to get the need for launching rules.

1. USA (under Donald Trump and Joe Biden).

• Surprise attack.

1. United States. (under Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter).
2. USSR. (under Yuri Andropov)

• The following nations would not use them unless there invaded by a massive force from or in revenge for being nuked, chemed or bioed.

1. USA (under George W. Bush)

• The following nations would use them to make wars a lot easier or against rogue states like N. Korea or in revenge for being nuked .

1. United Kingdom.

• The following nations would not use them unless their invaded by a nuclear capable nation, but is willing to do a surprise attack on India.

1. Pakistan.

• Unknown, but probably just for the fun of it if China was not holding them back.

1. Russia (under Vladimir Putin).

• The following nations would use them only if all else failed and the nation was about to fall.

1. Israel.
2. Apartheid S. Africa.
3. 1950s/1960s Sweden.

• The following nations would use them on the whim of their leader.

1. Terrorists.

Videos

World War 3 Russia conducts surprise Large Scale Snap Nuclear Attack Drill (Oct 31, 2013)

World War 3: Russia conducts surprise Large Scale Snap Nuclear Attack Drill (Oct 31, 2013).

NUCLEAR-WAR---N-Korea-ARTILLERY-n-strategic-MISSILE-forces-on-ALERT-to-ATTACK-US-targets- WW3

NUCLEAR-WAR---N-Korea-ARTILLERY-n-strategic-MISSILE-forces-on-ALERT-to-ATTACK-US-targets-[WW3].

Soviet Union destroys North America (Nuclear War) - clip from the 1977 film

Soviet Union destroys North America (Nuclear War) - clip from the 1977 film.

Atomic Alert A Real Attack

The propaganda film "Atomic Alert: A Real Attack".

Atomic Attack (1950)

Atomic Attack (1950).

Nuclear Attack Strike On The U.K. Scenario (Not For The Squeamish)-0

Nuclear Attack Strike On The U.K. Scenario (Not For The Squeamish).

Protect & Survive - 1970's UK Public infommercials On Nuclear War Preparation

Protect & Survive - 1970's UK Public infommercials On Nuclear War Preparation.

Nuke prank UK HD

Nuke prank UK HD by You Tube user The Volvic3 Project.

THERMONUCLEAR WARFARE U.S. Nuclear Retaliation Scenario (720p)

THERMONUCLEAR WARFARE: U.S. Nuclear Retaliation Scenario (720p).

Also see

1. Mutually Assured Destruction
2. Atomic warfare information notes.
3. Atomic War
4. Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)
5. Johnston Atoll
6. Bikini Atoll
7. Atomic accidents and disasters
8. The atomic artillery peace ‘Atomic Annie’
9. Davy Crockett Weapon System
10. Germany's Fulda Gap
11. Operation Chrome Dome
12. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
13. A nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse
14. A nuclear pre-emptive strike
15. "Poland is 'toast'!"
16. Nukes
17. Atomic videos
18. Disasters
19. A nuclear pre-emptive strike

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