1984: We Begin Bombing

1984: We Begin Bombing is an alternate history scenario. What if Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, makes a serious statement around the "We begin bombing in five minutes" quote, which is supposed to be a joke? This will change the world forever.

1984

 * August 11: Ronald Reagan prepared to make a weekly Saturday address on the National Public Radio. Reagan refused to make a sound check and made a short but stunning speech: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." POD: This was a sound check. Five minutes after the speech, bombs were dropped off American bombers, escorted by fighters, to 32 cities and towns in the Ukrainian SSR and Belorussian SSR. Bombs were also dropped along the western border of the Russian SFSR. The ongoing Friendship Games was abruptly stopped.


 * August 12: Massive aerial bombardments happened throughout all the Soviet republics. 3 American bombers and 7 American fighters were shot down while dropping bombs in Russian SFSR territory. Soviet troops were deployed to ensure security in the Soviet republics. The Soviet Air Forces confronted the United States Air Force in Soviet territories. That day, at 3:00 p.m., Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, declares war against the United States.


 * August 13: American troops were deployed to South Korea to prevent a North Korean invasion on behalf of the Soviet Union. Small clashes happened between North Korean and South Korean soldiers, shortly after it was revealed that Chernenko asked Kim Il-sung, the leader of North Korea, to make a plan of a massive invasion of South Korea. Aerial bombardment of the Soviet republics continued.