I wasn't born until 1985 but my parents would have not had a fun time. They lived (and still live) further out in Suffolk in Bellport/East Patchogue. Think they would have been OK from any blasts but fallout from the west and north would have been a problem. Not sure what would get knocked out except for BNL and probably Gabreski and Grumman further east.
Would you have lasted in 1983?
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Let’s see, November 1983 I was -6 months old. (Born may 1984). My parents lived in Wichita Falls, TX, where I live today. Which happens to be the location of Shepherd AFB, a major NATO training base. At that time and now. My neighbors growing up had a tornado shelter built after Terrible Tuesday (1979 tornado) that probably would have protected them from everything but fallout. It’s vents were a couple of pipes through the ceiling. And we were a good 9~10 miles away from the base. Honestly I’d hope my mom had a miscarriage. I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Mom couldn’t breast feed me when I was born OTL if I was born months later ITL I probably would have been the victim of infanticide, and probably would have been considered a mercy kill.
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Your telling me. I still remember how my dad was when he put down our beagle when I was a kid. (Poor thing had seizures and at some point after a vet appointment... well Dad borrowed a pellet gun from someone he knew, it was quick, clean and from what I understand Sarah (our dog) was unconscious because of another seizure.
And my dad was torn up inside for days after from what I remember. Imagining how it would have been if instead of an admittedly sickly dog but his own son and first born child? He probably would have marched straight for the glowing crater that had been Shepherd AFB afterwards.
Keep in mind this is assuming me and my mom survived childbirth months after the bombs fell
I try not thinking about able archer 83 as much as possible
And my dad was torn up inside for days after from what I remember. Imagining how it would have been if instead of an admittedly sickly dog but his own son and first born child? He probably would have marched straight for the glowing crater that had been Shepherd AFB afterwards.
Keep in mind this is assuming me and my mom survived childbirth months after the bombs fell
I try not thinking about able archer 83 as much as possible
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November 1983(9 years old btw), Västerås Airport Hässlö still was a reserve airfield for F18(18 squadron, not the airplane), ASEA had big operations, Metallverken had big operations and both were major defence Contractors. I have read that Russia had 7 nukes aimed at us and US around the same number. I would be dust.
Even if Västerås is spared we are 100 km from Stockholm. And Soviet union is Close by. So if not nuked, then fallout.
Even if Västerås is spared we are 100 km from Stockholm. And Soviet union is Close by. So if not nuked, then fallout.
Grew up in Brighton , East Sussex England. Which has its own marina. Shoreham Harbour is next door plus Newhaven Harbour on the other side. No idea what the target list would be for that area. But I'm fairly sure its goodnight and goodbye for me and everyone else in the neighbourhood.
I was on a a large RoRo ship at the time, sadly instead of being safe[?] at sea in the North Atlantic we were trogging up the East coast of the States - Houston, New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Baltimore, New York and Halifax. So either we would be taken out in port, or by some happy submarine while in transit. Ah, good times...
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I hope this doesn’t come across as patronizing, but I think it’s cool we’ve got members who were there and experienced the times. I only faintly remember seeing the Berlin Wall coming down on TV
My father was a Minuteman III launch officer at Minot, my mom just had me a few months before, so her and I would be glassed, and I'd hope it would end quick for my father, (off duty that moment and above ground.)
hey hey, I saw the Berlin Wall fall too! I was born in 1998 but that doesn't stop me!
That would be assuming the war didn't escalate from Europe to the rest of the world. At which point, South Korea isn't nuked, but a war does happen, and the Korean War continues again.
North East England. Dead.
A little further south than you but not only did we have the above we still had the ship yards on the Tyne, Wear and Tees ( Especially Swans), the massive ICI petrochemical refinery on Teeside, the steel works of Middlebrough/Redcar, Hartlepool nuclear power station was just about on line then and all the associated infrastructure ( East Coast Mainline, A1M, A19 etc) Teesside Airport with it's nice long runway and ports nearby would be juicy targets. The Durham coalfield was still booming ( the year before the strike) and slightly further south we had Catterick and RAF Leeming. Oh and RAF Fylingdales and Menwith Hill nearby!
We are nothing but a glowing hole in the ground.
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