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

In our timeline, Colonel Stanislav Petrov was the watch officer on duty that day 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 in an attempt to "cut off the head," and they would have been forced to launch their nuclear weapons in the false belief that it was a counter 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 during 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 was sent to another installation before September 26th, 1983. The officer now on duty on September 26th considers the alert to be 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. By the time the first alerted missile is proved to be a false alarm, it's too late. Thousands of nuclear warheads subsequently detonate over targets worldwide. Surprisingly, the People's Republic of China was attacked by Soviet missiles as well, and part of their arsenal is launched in response.

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. This results in as many as two billion people killed initially, and another two billion in the subsequent environmental disaster.

With the world largely devastated and 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 post-Doomsday, a few regions, territories, and countries stabilize and master basic problems such as food and medical supplies. As time passes and the recovery continues, new (sometimes surprising) alliances are formed. A new, fragile world order emerges from the ashes. 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 light-years away from any Utopian imaginations. Famine, disease, and lack of resources provoke conflicts and wars in large parts of the world, thus devastating all the carefully achieved recovery.

As some surviving and newly formed nations (particularly a unified and a ) prove able to master the problems and even intervene internationally, mankind's extinction finally seems to have been avoided.

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

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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December 8th, 2010: The 10th GLONASS satellite successfully launched: The second ANZC satellite in the second phase of GLONASS launches, the "Kakadu", was successfully launched. The next launch will happen in Guiana on the 15th.

December 8, 2010: New Flag Announced in Waldeck-Hesse: AROLSEN, Waldeck-Hesse: Today the Landgrave announced that from today onwards, a version of the previously unofficial "Cockade Flag" will be the new flag of the Landgraviate, due to its "republican" taint.

December 7, 2010: Ellsworth declared winner in Kentucky's Presidential Election:  - Democrat turned Republican Brad Ellsworth, the mayor of Evansville has beaten moderate Democratic Senator Ben Chandler after the runoff on the 23rd of November. Chandler conceded late Monday night and spoke with Ellsworth via telephone to offer his congratulations. Ellsworth will be sworn in as soon as the results are officially certified.

December 3rd, 2010: United Communities unveils new branch: Niagara Falls, : On December 3rd, the Assembly of the United Communities unveiled the creation of a new branch, which will be called the Reconstruction and Reinhabitation Authority, which will aim towards reconstructing abandoned and destroyed cities by using methods to help dissipate radiation at a faster pace. The first re-inhabitation projects are to be aimed at Buffalo, New York, and Erie, North Pennsylvania, the two of which have a re-inhabitation date of 2015 and are set to begin in March.

December 1st, 2010: The 9th GLONASS satellite successfully launched: The first ANZC satellite in the second phase of GLONASS launches, the "Dingo", was successfully launched. The second ANZC satellite will be launched next Wednesday.

November 26th, 2010: Kurdistan announces the completion of their new capital city: Vans, A massive five-year construction project, the new Kurdish capital city of Serbajar Teze, built upon the ruins of Diyarbakır, is finally complete. The Kurdish government will immediately begin their relocation from the current capital of Vans to Serbajar Teze. Along with the government, many Kurdish businesses are building new headquarters in Serbajar Teze, which will provide a rapid boost to the local economy.

November 25th, 2010: Thanksgiving Day Festival: Throughout the world Americans and other people are celebrating Thanksgiving Day. However the town of Pymouth,, first town of historical , in which the first Thanksgiving occurred, has thrown a celebration for this Thanksgiving, which will continue now until Saturday. Local businessmen associated with the festival are expecting a turnout of over 100,000 people from throughout Plymouth and the Outer Lands by the end of the festival. So far, the results have been positive.

November 25th, 2010: "Increasing number of Siberian citizens heading for the Primorskaya Territory", say officials: The SSNN stated earlier today that the number of people living in the territory has tripled since March of this year. Heavy government incentives are given to any and all citizens willing to come there, as well as numerous job opportunities, as infrastructure and industry is being rebuilt.

November 24th, 2010: 8th GLONASS satellite launched from the USSR:  The Siberian branch of LoNASO, with help from the USSR's space agency, has once again launched another satellite into orbit, called Быстрая Стрелка (Fast Arrow). The Siberian part of the second phase of GLONASS launches is over, the next launch will commence in one week from the CANZ.

November 21, 2010: Battle of Termez won by royalists: Bukharan Civil War ends  BUKHARA, - Today, the Battle of Termez has been won by royalist forces: The Bukharan Civil War has ended. The MLA terrorists and militants are expulsed from the last third of Bukhara. Shukria Raad Alimi has also declared the plans for expansion into the no man's land of west Tajikistan (the first three regions of the former Tajik SSR are to be annexed) and north Turkmenistan (the Turkmen territory up until the Amu Darya river will be annexed too), which is scheduled to start by December 26, 2010.

November 17th, 2010:New Britain launches new campaign: Port Elizabeth, NEW BRITAIN - Today, the Imperialist government launched a new offensive with the objective of seizing control of land to its west, in order to forge a land border with its ally the RZA. The New British government has been put under a lot of criticism in recent years regarding its expansionist tendencies.

November 17th, 2010:The 7th GLONASS satellite successfully launched: The second phase of the LONASO's GLONASS operation commenced today as the Worker's Pride (Гордость Рабочего) was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome earlier today. The next launch will commence in one week, again out of the USSR.

November 14, 2010: OBN expands for second time in year WOODBRIDGE, Woodbridge - Organisation of British Nations Chairman Simon Burns announced that the applications of two northern English kingdoms of Cleveland and Northumberland had been accepted and were now part of the group of British survivor nations. Scenes of jubilation were found across all the OBN states as the two best-known English survivor states became part of their society, further cementing diplomatic and trade relations. These developments leave only three major states on the British mainland, besides the, outside the OBN's growing economic strength - Lancaster, Rheged, and the Scottish New State. Reflecting the increased number of states, the OBN has adopted a new flag, with six stars instead of the prior three.

November 14, 2010: The siege of Bukhara is finished BUKHARA, - After a mere 4 days, the Siege of Bukhara has ended in a royalist victory. In the south, the de facto Muslim Liberation Army-controlled territory continues to resist, headquartered in the ruins of the city of Termez.

November 12, 2010: Essex swells territory by a sixth CHELMSFORD, Essex - High Minister Lee Evans today announced that Essex will add approximately 226 square miles (365 square kilometers) to its territory by formally annexing territories in Hertfordshire up to the A1. As much as possible of the territory gained will be put over to farm use, with many structures in several towns to be torn down and recycled into supporting local infrastructure. It is part of a two-step operation that Essex will conduct to gain control over areas which have held a rough allegiance to the nation for several years, with annexation of the remainder of Hertfordshire to be completed as some point next year. There are some scenes of jubilation across larger Essex towns, though the mood in Hertfordshire is mixed - whilst many feel that benefit will come as a real part of Essex, others are afraid that they will be given unfair representation.

November 11, 2010: Andrey Tretyak suggests new alliance in western Russia. TRATYAKGRAD - In response to the increased unity between the viewpoint of the Caucasus nations and the Confederacy. The Durma leader has suggested that to increase the respect in which the USSR holds them they should form a co-ordinated response to actions in the former USSR.

November 10, 2010: Emir of Bukhara flees to MLA territory, Siege of Bukhara begins

BUKHARA, - The royalist army of the Emirate of Bukhara, led by historical Emir of Bukhara Shukria Raad Alimi, arrive onto Bukhara, where they will prepare for a long siege. Reports indicate that the MLA-appointed Emir has run away to the former Afghanistan, into Muslim Liberation Army-controlled territory.

November 10, 2010: Caucasus Nations recognize Bukhara"s New Government ABOVYAN, Armenia: Armenia, Dagestan, and Kalmykia have recognized the royalists as the government of Bukhara, following the example of the Russian Confederacy. They support the cause against terrorism and socialism, and Kalmykia in particular also expressed that it supports Sukrhia's right as a women to fight for it.

November 7, 2010: Ellsworth and Chandler Headed for Runoff in Kentucky's Presidential Election

- Four days after Kentucky's general elections the Republicans have captured the House of Representatives and retained control of the Senate but the Presidential results are very much up in the air. Democrat turned Republican Brad Ellsworth, the mayor of Evansville and moderate Democratic Senator Ben Chandler are headed for a runoff scheduled for the 23rd of November. Local media estimates that Ellsworth captured 34% of the vote to Chandler's 32% with the remaining 34% divided between Democratic House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, outgoing Secretary of Treasury Todd Hollenbach an independent and other minor candidates.

November 5, 2010: Former Confederate states ask to join East American Alliance GREENBRIER, Virginia - Five survivor nation-states located in the southeastern former United States that were once part of a Confederate States of America revival have asked to join the East American Alliance by 2011, sources told League of Nations radio. The governors of the former C.S. states of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee reportedly met with Virginia President-General Michael Sumrall, Kentucky President Jim Bunning and other East American Alliance leaders at the Alliance's Greenbrier Hotel headquarters on Friday. The main topic of discussion was formal membership in the Alliance by April, 2011 at the latest. Since the Confederate States dissolved in the late 1990s, the individual states have worked together in informal economic and political alliances, and there have been discussions among them regarding their next collective major move. The Virginian Post will report in its November 7 edition that the Alliance hopes to bring the former Confederate states into the fold, followed by the five nations - Blue Ridge, East Tennessee, Georgia, Neonotia and Piedmont - of the Alliance of Appalachian States, and perhaps Florida, Toledo and North Pennsylvania.

November 4, 2010: The siege of Samarkand ends SAMARKAND, - The royalist army of the Emirate of Bukhara, led by claimant to the throne Shukria Raad Alimi, arrive at Samarkand. Shukria Raad Alimi was proclaimed the Emir of Bukhara there, although the MLA-backed Emir has not yet surrendered.

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