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 documentaries prove 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...

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March 11, 2010: King Andrew goes to Victoria:  VICTORIA, Victoria- King Andrew has begun the long journey to Victoria today. He intends to spend several months in Victoria. A Governor-General has been appointed in his absence and his arrival is much anticipated by the Victorians.

March 6, 2010: Kentucky Officially Declares War On Jackson: FORT KNOX, Kentucky- The Kentucky House and Senate easily passed a declaration of war against the rouge Tennessee survivor community of Jackson. President Bunning while addressing the media said "Our quarrel is not with the people of Jackson but with their leaders who have suppressed democracy and trampled on the rights and freedoms the good people of Jackson enjoyed before 1983." Bunning, no stranger to controversy created a stir when he was was asked by a reporter to respond to the arguments made by some Democrats against the war responding "Tough S**t" Aside from the profanity Bunning promised a quick and decisive victory for Kentucky, The Dixie Alliance and liberty.

March 5, 2010: Operation Spring Storm approved: KRASNOYARSK, USSR- After having a meeting with military officials and minister of defence Sergey Shoigu, in which the generals outlined a plan to officially annex the former Primorsky Krai areas, Tuleyev announced on the state-run news network that he approved the plan. The offical name of the operation is Spring Storm and, as the Siberians already have troops stationed in bases all over the planned areas of expansion, the start of the operation is slated to commence in three weeks. Tuleyev said that the newly acquired territory will be dubbed the Primorsky Krai Territory. The initial plan called for occupation of some areas of southern Manchuria, but in the interest of keeping friendly relations with Korea, this idea was abandoned. Tuleyev went on to say that this would ensure "an easy route to our Korean friends", and stated that "This is only the beginning. In the next decade we plan to slowly start repopulating and taking back control of our western lands, as soon as the Ural Territory is incorporated into the RSFSR and the Kazakh SSR."

March 5 2010, 7:42am GMT: Luxembourgish foreign minister departs for ADC summit:  ZÜRICH - Luxembourgish Foreign Affairs Minister Anne Grommerch arrived in the Alpine Confederation Monday as a first stop on a trip to the Azores for a meeting of the Atlantic Defense Council. At the meeting Grommerich will formally ask the ADC to grant Luxembourg status as a partner.

March 4, 2010: Work to begin in April on Texas Superhighway linking both Texases, other nations: ODESSA, West Texas - President Mike Conaway, Governor Roger Van Horn and other political dignitiaries from both West Texas and eastern Texas were on hand Thursday afternoon for the announcement of the establishment of the Texas Superhighway. The highway is intended initially for government, military and economic use, including trucks transporting goods between west and east Texas. "We're thinking way ahead of the curve on this, but it's necessary for the continued growth of our republic," Conaway told reporters and dignitaries. "The Superhighway, along with improvements in state roads and railroads, will help ensure a prosperous Texas for decades to come." Conaway cut the ceremonial ribbon at the foot of Exit 116 off east-bound Texas Highway One (formerly US Interstate 20). The Superhighway will start in Odessa and wind through Midland and the heart of West Texas, with work on the portion from Fort San Angelo to commence in April. It will continue from there to the to-be-developed town of Waco into eastern Texas (with the route going through the capital of Nacogdoches), and ending in San Augustine. There has also been talk of adding a north-south road from Nacogdoches into Broken Bow, Oklahoma and/or Hot Springs, Arkansas, and adding a highway from San Augustine, eastern Texas into Louisiana. When asked by a Mexican television reporter for his comment on a superhighway said to link Texas and Mexico, Conaway reportedly winked and said "I don't know anything about that."

March 2, 2010: The Collective Security Treaty Organization is offically formed: KRASNOYARSK, USSR- State representatives met in the USSR today to officially ratify the forming of the CSTO. The member states upon forming are Siberia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Aralia and the People's Republic of Angola. Regional partners, who participate in matters that are solely linked to their region, are Tibet and Korea. Currently the only observer nation is Costa Rica. Chairman Tuleyev stated that he was "proud of such a joyus occasion. I hope that this will bring our allies closer together."

March 1, 2010: Kentucky Expeditionary Force Arrives In Portland : PORTLAND, Tennessee- The first elements of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's military expeditionary force led by former President Donald M. Campbell's son, General Donald M. Campbell Jr. arrived in Portland today. Originally sent for the purpose of peacekeeping the recent events in Jackson have provoked new tensions. This includes a declaration of war by Virginia against Jackson after being forced out at gunpoint. While Kentucky has not declared war on Jackson most commentators believe that it is only a matter of time before a state of war is officially announced between Kentucky and Jackson. These recent troop movements were already in the process of being carried out when the incident at Jackson occurred, the mission has now been given a new sense of urgency. This comes on the heels of unconfirmed reports of P-51 Mustangs from the Kentucky airforce seen flying in and around the Jackson area conducting what could very well be reconnaissance. The Kentucky's Secretary of Defence refused to comment on the allegations when approached by reporters earlier today.

March 1, 2010: The LoNASO successfully launch another GLONASS satellite: VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, USSR- The League of Nations Authority for Space Operations has announced that, with the help of Siberian technicians, it has been able to launch another GLONASS satellite into orbit at 3:47 GMT. The satellite is called "единство" or Unity, as it marks the first joint endeavour of all the space agencies that ratified the Treaty for Astronomical and Space Research. Future satellites are schedueled to come into orbit some time in the next six months. It has not been decided yet wether the next launch will be in the Socialist Union or in another LoNASO nation.

February 27, 2010: League of Nations neutral regarding Virginia war declaration: HATTIESBURG - League of Nations director Brant McAllister told LoN Radio Saturday afternoon that the LoN would maintain neutrality regarding any potential conflict between the Virginian Republic and the citystate of Jackson in the southern United States. Virginia declared war on Jackson earlier on Saturday after a military contingent from Virginia and the nearby citystate of Portland were evicted from Jackson and their weapons confiscated. "We will monitor the situation to see how it develops," McAllister told LoN Radio. "We have advised Virginia regarding the Jackson region, and Virginia has made its decision, which it is entitled to do as an independent nation. Our relations with Virginia have not gone as well as we would like, which we want to rectify in the coming months. The LoN is interested in making sure all nations in the former United States are able to enjoy the same liberties and freedoms, and standard of living, that Americans in the region did pre-Doomsday. Sometimes this involves military action, to remove potential threats. Sometimes it involves caution."

February 27, 2010: 8.8 Earthquake Hits Chile: BUENOS AIRES, United American Republic - A massive 8.8 earthquake has been reported in. In early media reports from the United American Republic monitored by the League of Nations, hundreds of deaths were reported around the capital of Santiago. Tsunami warnings have been issued by Geoscience ANZC for, the Municipal States of the Pacific, Samoa and Micronesia, and for Baja California by Servico Geologico Mexicano.

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