Today we’re going explore the unthinkable: How would the United States and its NATO allies respond during a Nuclear conflict?

Sources:

Probable Nuclear Targets in United Kingdom, 1972: https://robedwards.typepad.com/files/probable-nuclear-targets-1972-national-archives.pdf

Probable Nuclear Targets in France: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/NATO_AB_in_France_map-en.svg/1920px-NATO_AB_in_France_map-en.svg.png

Soviet Union Central European Target List, 1979: https://brilliantmaps.com/ww3-europe/

United States Target List, 1956: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb538-Cold-War-Nuclear-Target-List-Declassified-First-Ever/documents/1st%20city%20list%20complete.pdf

Probable United States Counterforce Targets: https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/139236/Montoya-ngm-sb-nse-2021-thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

US Russian Counterforce Target List:
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/us-nuclear-war-plan-report.pdf

Pakistan Counterforce Target List:
https://fas.org/publication/pakistan-nuclear-infrastructure/

North Korea Counterforce Target List:
https://asia.nikkei.com/static/vdata/north-korea-nuclear/newsgraphics/north-korea-nuclear/
https://nuke.fas.org/guide/dprk/facility/missile.htm