1983: Doomsday

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This timeline explores the global history after Doomsday -September 26th, 1983.

A worldwide nuclear exchange caused by a minor incident obliterates much of human civilization. This ATL covers everything from the direct aftermath up to the present worldwide situation.

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Introduction
The Point of Divergence of the 1983: Doomsday-Timeline is September 19th, 1983 on which a seemingly unimportant decision to send an ambitious Colonel of the USSR to a training seminar, taking the place of an ill-plagued colleague, has global implications.

This decision leaves to a different outcome of a well-known though often underestimated event that took place on September 26, 1983.

In our timeline, on that day, Colonel Stanislav Petrov was the watch officer on duty at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow, monitoring for a US missile attack on the Soviet Union.

Suddenly, the computer-based warning systems reported several US nuclear missiles approaching Soviet territory. In our timeline, Colonel Petrov believed the information to be false and did not alert the Kremlin to the data he was receiving. Given Cold War tensions at the time, such information would likely have convinced the Soviets that the US had launched a first strike attempting to "cut off the head" and launched their nuclear weapons, in the belief it was a "counter-strike", not a first-strike.

Consequently, since in our timeline the world now knows about this event, it is now often considered to have been the moment closest to a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA in the Cold War. Colonel Petrov has been honored as one of the few true "world saviors" and several investigations have proved the seriousness of this event.

This Timeline postulates the results after Colonel Petrov being sent to another installation before September 26th, 1983. The officer now on duty on September 26th considers the alert as being accurate and immediately contacts his superiors. Within minutes, the leaders decide to launch the whole Soviet nuclear arsenal. Logically, the Americans react by launching as well. When the first alerted missile is proved to be a false alarm, it is too late. Thousands of nuclear warheads consequently detonate at targets worldwide. As The People's Republic of China was surprisingly attacked by Soviet missiles as well, part of their arsenal is launched too.

The results of this total nuclear exchange are close to the forecasts of almost complete worldwide destruction and "nuclear holocaust" as predicted by many scientists of this time, resulting in as much as two billion people killed initially, possibly another two billion in the subsequent environmental disaster.

The world largely devastated, most of the northern and parts of the southern hemisphere in ruins, the estimated 800 million survivors desperately try to keep together what is left of human society. They are facing challenges that are seemingly impossible.

After an incredibly horrifying first few years after Doomsday, at least a few regions, territories and countries stabilize and master basic problems such as food and medical supply. As time passes and the recovery continues, new - sometimes surprising- alliances are formed and a new, fragile world order emerges. Initial hopes of some survivors for a united mankind or at least warfare and destruction being ended forever quickly prove false. Indeed, the world is lightyears away from any utopian imaginations. Famine, diseases and lack of resources provoke conflicts and wars in large parts of the world thus often devastating all carefully achieved recovery.

But as some surviving and newly founded nations- particularly a unified Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and a South American Confederation- prove able to master the problems and even intervene internationally, mankind's extinction seems to finally have been avoided.

Now, more than 25 years after "Doomsday" brought mankind to the edge of total extinction, the foundation of the new "League of Nations" on September 26th, 2008- has shown a glimmer of hope for a possibly more peaceful future for mankind...

But nonetheless, new dangers are emerging all around the globe, threatening most of what has been achieved within the last 25 years...

WCRB NewsHour- World Headlines
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April 9, 2010, 15.00am GMT: WHITE SMOKERIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - White smoke rises from the Sao Bento Chapel in Rio De Janeiro as the Cardinals of the Sacred College elect a new Roman Pontiff; the Conclave entered in to its final day being the longest Conclave in history. Large crowds are now gathering out side the Monastery for the announcement.

April 8, 2010: Accession Concord Signed Traverse City,. - Overlooking the rising waters of the Mormon Sea to the north and the lush Utah Valley to the south, Governor General Leavitt ceremonially signed a resolution passed by the state legislature in Fillmore before the ambassador of the NAU, signifying the accession of Utah to the North American Union. Like all states, Utah maintains its internal sovereignty, but allies itself economically and diplomatically with the NAU.

Later the same day, Vice-Governor Evans of Idaho signed a concord allowing train travel through Deseret for supplies from and to the NAU.

April 7, 2010, 11:44am GMT: East Britain receives refugees:  BOURNE, East Britain - People from New Britain arrived in East Britain today. They disliked the Imperialist turning of their nation and decided 'to get out now before it all kicks off' in the words of one refugee. The ships for their transportation were provided by certain ships of the Royal Navy first, later by Spanish ships from Pais del Oro and finally by the Celtic Alliance. New Britain has condemned Pais del Oro and the Celtic Alliance and has reprimanded the captains responsible for the transportation. They reply that they were doing their duty to the British people(many of whom were black inhabitants frightened of a possible resurgence in apartheid). Two frigates have remained in the British Isles and have handed themselves over to a collective agreement between Woodbridge and East Britain.

April 7, 2010, 2:04am local time (April 6, 8:04pm GMT): King of the Cocos dies at 82: BANTAM, Cocos Islands - John Cecil Clunies-Ross, the hereditary ruler of the Cocos Islands, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time after a short bout with tuberculosis, the government announced. John Cecil first became absolute ruler of the small Indian Ocean islands in 1944 at the age of sixteen. Driven from power by the Australian government, he returned in the mid-1980s by offering the services of his shipping fleet in exchange for political control. Over the last two decades his policies turned the Cocos into a regional economic force, helping him resist mounting pressure to return his kingdom to Australo-New Zealandian control. John Cecil's son, John George Clunies-Ross, immediately assumed control of the monarchy after his father's death was announced.

April 6, 2010: West African Union delegates begin Liberian negotiations in Monrovia: MONROVIA, Monrovia - West African Union delegates and representatives of the various Liberian factions began reunification talks in Monrovia today. No agreement is expected for some time, but the representative turnout is already being hailed as a major victory, with nearly every splinter faction sending representatives.

April 6, 2010:Botswanan delegates arive in New Britain & NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria & PORT ELIZABETH, New Britain- As part of Botswana's new international relations program diplomats have visited Lagos and Port Elizabeth with the intent of improving relations and forming alliances. Relations remain tense with New Britain due to the perception of it in Botswana as a successor state to South Africa

April 6, 2010:The construction of the joint Siberian-Cuban Coca-Cola factory begins: SOVETSKAYA GAVAN, USSR- The building of the joint factory commenced at noon local time, followed by festivities and lunch. This agreement came to be after Chairman Tuleyev's visit to Cuba earlier this year. It is expected that the factory will be completed by the beginning of the following year. Distribution will be overseen by both Cuban and Siberian businessmen. The majority of profits, 60%, will go to Cuba, as per agreement.

April 6, 2010:Siberian Foreign Minister visits Nigeria: LAGOS, Nigeria- Sergei Sobyanin visited Nigeria today to discuss the proposed arms deal between the two nations. It was agreed upon that small arms and troop transports be shipped to Nigeria by the end of the month. Other topics that were discussed were the exchanging of ambassadors and strenghtening economic ties. The minister was well received and will stay in Lagos until the end of the week.

April 6, 2010: The fourth GLONASS satellite, the "Tasmanian devil" is successfully launched: JERVIS BAY, ANZC- Earlier this morning, the fourth GLONASS satellite was successfully launched and has already reached its optimal orbit. The next two GLONASS launches will now take place at the Guayana Space Center, funded by the SAC and the ADC member states.

April 5, 2010: Cascadia recognized by Deseret FILLMORE: Governor-General Leavitt approved the resolution of the Utah legislature unilaterally recognizing the existence and sovereignty of Cascadia, a collection of former Idahoans and Oregonians due west of the ruins of Boise.

April 5, 2010: Opening Day of the Pacific Baseball League: CRESCENT CITY, MSP: The inaugural season of the Pacific Baseball League begins today. The Central Committee of the hopes that friendly competition will help promote cooperation and understanding between the city-states.

April 1, 2010, 3:00am GMT (March 31, 10:00pm local time): Republic of Keene celebrates, reflects on a year of independence: KEENE - Music and fireworks pierced the silence of this normally quiet capital village throughout the day and long into the night, as the citizens of Keene, a small, idealistic, and insistently independent republic in the Adirondacks, celebrated their first year together.

March 28, 2010: Operation Spring Storm ends, Primorsky Krai Territory offically proclaimed: USSR- The military venture into the former Primorsky Krai offically ended today, marking the entry of the region into the Socialist Union. Rebuilding of the regions infrastructure is underway and citizens are being encouraged to start repopulating the underpopulated region. Interestingly, the remaining population spoke of surviving settlements within the heart of China. Further verification of these claims will happen at a later date.

March 25, 2010: War between Chumash and Santa Cruz Inevitable The  turned in its fourth national census today, only to be shocked by the realization that slave raids by its long time rival  have nearly tripled within the last year. Supreme Commander of Santa Cruz, Vilodari Scholairi, released a statement claiming "We will do anything to protect our right to live as citizens even if that means capturing a few citizens for work," President of Chumash, Vincent Armenta responded with "Scholairi is a ruthless dictator who threatens the peace our people have painfully established, he must learn that is no place in this world for him and his followers, we will attempt every peaceful method, but if they refuse our attempts for peace then war may be the only option left." The former West Coast of the United States has been a peaceful region, but now with the presence of slavers and dictators like Sholairi, peace may become a past thought.

March 24, 2010:The ANZC successfully launches the third GLONASS satellite, the "James Cook": JERVIS BAY, ANZC- Today the third GLONASS satellite was launched from the Woomera Space Center, making it the first GLONASS satellite not launched from the USSR. The second ANZC GLONASS satellite will be launched around April 6, while the Guiana Space Center will end the first phase of the launches by the middle of May.

March 23, 2010:Declaration of French-Successor Conference to be held in May!  In a joint declaration to their people, Jean-Pierre Raffarin of Poitou-Charentes and the aging Prime Minister of, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, announced today a conference for the French-Successor states to be held in Clermont-Ferrand on May 23, 2010. Notice has been given to representatives of all French successor states, and observer status has been offered to Luxemburg and Corsica.

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