Shattered Superpower

Shattered Superpower

During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union created nuclear weapons that were dubbed tatiucal nuclear weapons. Although not as powerful as say an ICBM they can easily cripple or destroy a city. Their orginal purpose was supposed to be attached to an artillery vehicle, a strategetic bomber or a missile. Thousands were created during the Cold War and after the collapse of the USSR the production of most was stopped.

In our timeline President George Bush Sr. and Congress gave the Russian Federation millions of dollars in aid to help reduce the chance of a nuclear weapon to fall into the wrong hands. With that money the Russian MIlitary was able to protect the missiles and terrorists were not able to get their hands on one.

However since this alternative history wikia and things are suppose to change, in my timeline George Busrh Sr. never gave the Russians the needed funds and not all of the Soviet Nuclear aresenal was accounted for and instead Al Qaeda were able to get a hold on these and ask Saddam Hussein for help in attacking the "Great Satan". Angry over the Gulf War he gave the terrorist group Soviet-made SCUD missiles to attach the warheads too. Instead of 9/11, Al Qaeda using cargo boats were able to fire these weapons on 5 American cities: Washington D.C, New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Miami on March 5, 2002. The resulting explosions killed 10.2 million Americans and the radiation killed another 5 million people.This led to collapse of social order, the United States divided and weak, and the world struggling to obtain balence