Norwegian Rocket Incident (Dying in the 90's)

Major Historical event from the Dying in the 90's ATL.

Background

The Norwegian rocket incident was a few minutes of post-Cold War nuclear tension that took place nearly four years after the end of the Cold War. The 1995 incident occurred at a time where many Russians, especially in the military, were still very suspicious of the United States and NATO.

The Event

As the Black Brant XII rocket gained altitude, it was detected by the Olenegorsk early-warning radar station in Murmansk Oblast. To the radar operators, the rocket appeared similar in speed and flight pattern to a US Navy submarine-launched Trident missile leading the Russian military to initially misinterpret the rocket's trajectory as representing the precursor to a possible attack by missiles from submarines. As a response, the Russian military launched nuclear attacks on NATO and the EU, starting off the Nuclear War of 95.

Aftermath

A large nuclear war destroys most of North America, Western Europe, and Western Russia. Hundreds of millions die and nations collapse into warlord states.