Nuclear war of 2016

The Nuclear War of 2016 is a scenario of alternate history written by Lavertus.

Scenario
In the years 2015 and 2016, it seemed that we were either on the brink of or already in a new Cold War. Russia was following a similar path to Nazi Germany, America was politically divided and with only one tiny push, the world could have ended.

The scenario starts with an event that actually happened. On several occasions in 2015, Russian nuclear jets were found near to United-Kingdom airspace. In this scenario, Russian bombers enter UK airspace. Within minutes, RAF jets intercept the bombers and escort them away. This causes David Cameron to become extremely worried about Russia.

Meanwhile, Russian forces are becoming more aggressive in Ukraine. On one occasion, a Russian bomber enters airspace above the Mainland UK. The Prime Minister is thus left with no choice but to order the jet to be shot down. Putin becomes furious and the UK and Russia officially stop speaking.

The United-States is still monitoring the situation with Russia and warns them not to mess with their ally the UK. Russia could not tolerate America's continued involvement where they're not concerns and threatens nuclear action if the US does not back off.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton becomes President Elect after a close victory over Donald Trump. After the Democrats made it clear that they wanted to fight off Russia, the tensions got even hotter.

On the first of December 2016, more Russian bombers entered UK airspace. This time, every single one of them was shot down and in an act of deterrent, UK nuclear submarines moved closer to Russia.

Russia found out about this and decided that enough was enough. They issued a final threat that they were willing to go nuclear if the UK or US did any more and NATO agreed that enough had happened.

Soldiers from the US, France, Britain and Germany marched through Ukraine and created a line. If a single Russian boot crossed the line, war.

Russia did not care and tanks made a border only metres away from the bomb. The Uk told them to back away but the resulting standoff resulted in war.

On the 3rd of December, Russia launched a warhead for London. The UK retaliated alongside the US by bombing bases across Russia. Russia then sent bombs to the NATO bases in Ukraine, London (as mentioned), and bases across the East coast of the US. Paris is also bombed.

Effect of the bombs
Much of the UK is uninhabitable from Radiation. Northern island and most of Scotland however is fine. London is gone. Ukraine is completely irradiated. Lots of civilians die in Russia due to how close the military bases are to civilian centres. Most of the US East coast is irradiated. The great plains regions however are virtually unaffected. There are no bombs in the southern hemisphere as there aren't many strategic targets there. Northern France is virtually cut in half by the radiation's path.

In France, the UK and US, the government retains control. Northern Russia is mostly left unaffected and the government still has a hold over the people.