The probable 1981 nuking pattern for Malta, UK, Macau, Poland, Israel, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Peoples' Republic of China, S. Korea, N. Korea, E. Germany, W. Germany, the USA and the USSR

The nuke hit these places in 1981: Kursk (strategic transport links and regional government centre)- 1x 335kt or 350kt, or 2x 150kt, Khalino airbase/Kursk Vostochny Airport- 1x 5kt.

View on the Taima River from Devil's Tower in Yelabuga in Russia. Russia would be destroyed and heavy irradiated.

An Italian air force AMX Fighter aircraft lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., following a Red Flag 09-5 training mission Aug. 26, 2009. It would have been nuke by the USSR in 1981!

An view of Jüterbog Airfield in 2023. The former Jüterbog Airfield (also known as Altes Lager airfield would have been a top NATO target due to it's high Soviet Presence.

Southern part of the inner city part of Osnabrück. NATO forces were stationed in and near Osnabrück making it a top target if the Cold War went 'hot'.

The then closed city of Perm was host a major part of the Soviet defence industry. If the Cold War had gone 'hot' Perm would have been nuked.

The mushroom cloud from Buster-Jangle Charlie, yield 14 kilotons (at 143 m • kt −1⁄3), during the initial phase of stem formation. The toroidal fireball is visible at the top, a condensation cloud is forming in the middle due to intense updrafts of moist air, and the forming partial stem can be seen below. The cloud exhibits the reddish-brown hue of nitrogen oxides.

Kelvedon Hatch emergency broadcast tower, which would have transmitted official announcements after a nuclear attack on the UK. English: Radio Antenna at Kelvedon Hatch (M. Kenyon), ~31 May 2007.

View of the port town of Greenock from Auchmountain Road. It was bombed in WW 2 and may have been nuked in if the Cold War went hot. Auothor: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer).

Aerial view of the Brent Cross Interchange, facing north. This once innovative 1965 motorway interchange and may have been nuked in if the Cold War went hot. Author:Isochrone.

Approximate those who survived week 1 after the attack. Numbers would fall by 80-90% over the next year and civilisation would collapse.

The likely nukes hitting these places in 1981: Peterborough (strategic transport links and a major city) 100kt, RAF Upwood 1x 10Kt, RAF Alconbury 1x 10Kt, RAF Molesworth 1x 10Kt, RAF Waterbeach 1x 10kt, Bassingbourn Barracks 1x 10Kt, Cambridge (government outpost, strategic transport links and a major city) 2x 100kt or 1x 200kt. Don't believe the claims of the American, Russian, N. Korean or British political establishment; atomic war is not fun, it's just a hellhole that even frightens the PRC!

The targets

There is so much that was classified and then lost to history, potential targets and Cold War paranoia in Israel, Poland, E. Germany, W. Germany, South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the PRC, the USA and the USSR that we will never know the truth! It is safe to say that with the number of 1-5 megaton hits the nations in question will be wiped out and you will not survive unless your in a remote place in the Negev Desert, the Alps, rural Qinghai, the Rockies, the Himalayas or northern Siberia!

Utterly destroyed

1. E. Germany- Annihilated.
2. South Korea- Annihilated.
3. North Korea- Annihilated.
4. Hong Kong- Annihilated.
5. Macau- Annihilated.
6. Singapore- consumed by a post nuckeing fire storm.

Collapsed in to famine, chaos, anarchy and warlord states

1. Israel
2. Poland
3. W. Germany
4. Taiwan
5. PRC
6. USA
7. USSR
8. Malta
9. UK
10. Taiwan
11. Many 3rd World nations would soon collapse in to chaos, epidemics and famine with out overseas aid as well.

Also see

1. Atomic/nuclear war
2. Atomic demise (1979-1986)