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This is a collection of external sources of information about Doomsday, World War III, nuclear war, military nuclear information, and so on.

From Wikipedia[]

The 1983 incident[]

General world information from 1983[]

  • 1983: The Most Dangerous Year - MA thesis by Andrew Russell Garland describing the various causes of geopolitical tension between the Superpowers
  • The Soviet Side of the 1983 War Scare - Documents from National Security Archive detailing 1983 Able Archer war scare.
  • Country Studies - A series of 80 books by the U.S. government giving overviews (from an American perspective) of countries around the world and their political, economic, and security situations. Most were written in the 1980s, with many of the online editions including updates into the 90s.
  • City Population Statistics: A database of country, province/state, county, and city populations, both before and after Doomsday. Useful for estimating populations.
  • PC Library Map Collection - Collection of maps of the countries of the world by the University of Texas. This include many maps created in the mid70s, pretty useful.
  • Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's US visit - Summary of the talks at the UN that were to be led by Indira Gandhi on 27 September 1983, including a partial list of the world leaders who would attend.
  • Indian Fertiliser Industry - An article showcasing Indian fertiliser production
  • Paper on Indian Fertiliser Industry - A paper from 2000 showcasing the growth and breakdown of India's fertiliser industry and the different components involved in it
  • Fanack - Organization that provides information on water resources of the Middle East
  • The Internet in the 1980s - Information on the Doomsday-era predecessor networks to the Internet.

Military and strategic information[]

Simulations and scenarios[]

  • Ground Zero II - A java nuclear bomb simulator. Simulates blast radius and fallout drift of various yield nuclear devices.
  • HYDESim - The high yield detonation simulator.
  • NUKEMAP - an incredibly useful tool giving everything from casualty reports to fallout levels and direction, created by Alex Wellerstein.
  • Nuclear Attack Planning Base - A report compiled in 1987 about a possible nuclear war over the United States by the Soviets.
  • Prima Guerra Globale mappa - A google map created for showing the efforts of a nuclear war, done by the Unione scienziati per il disarmo, a scientific group with the goal of avoiding nuclear war. (Done in 1983)
  • Quora answer - An answer on whether nuclear missiles can be intercepted mid flight.
  • Reddit answer - Another answer on whether nuclear missiles can be intercepted.
  • The Effects of a Nuclear Attack on the Rio Grande Valley - Hypothetical scenario about a Soviet nuclear attack in south Texas.

The impact of nuclear war[]

Climate Impact[]

Other fiction[]

Related discussion[]

  • 1983: Doomsday - Group on Facebook.
  • Discord - Nowadays we use Discord for talking about 1983: Doomsday, there is a dedicated channel about this tl.
  • 1983: Doomsday on The True Tropes Wiki
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