Nuclear war - a view from 1945 Bashny.Net

Writes vehrwolf:

In November 1945, the main theme of one of the rooms of the American Life magazine was ... a nuclear war. The yard winning 1945th. Winning is not just for us but for the Americans. They are, for example, in the course of the war imposed on the world the Bretton Woods agreement, make them buck the major reserve currency of the world. And in general a good idea in this war "up." To live would be so pleased. But no, they are already thinking about the next war. Nuclear. Although the bomb at the moment they only have.
The basic idea of ​​capital articles - America has always preparing for the last war, and now should be prepared for the war of the future. Russia as the enemy is not yet known (too early to Fulton speech a little less than six months). America attacked some evil individuals, smuggled from the United Nations, who built missile silos in Equatorial Africa. Under the cut short translation title articles Life, which was released a little more than 65 years in which the alleged nuclear war is described like this, it is now described.





The introductory text on the cover says that the theme of the hotel was the third official report made by the Air Force army commander Gen. Henry Harley Arnold (Henry H. Arnold) US Secretary of Defense.
Sets out the basic idea of ​​this report - the worst thing to be in the position of people who are starting a new war with vooruzheiem and military doctrine has remained from the end of the previous war.
America is ready at any time to hold a major air operation to deliver the recipients couple of atomic bombs. But what if improvement of air defense of a potential enemy will do such an operation impossible? Then the turn of missiles, such as the German V-2, but with better range and accuracy.
But what if the same weapon in the hands of other countries? Then it can begin the bloodiest war in human history. A war that will last only 36 hours.
But General Arnold suggests not to wait for a new arms race and peace bomb apply now (with the consent of the UN Security Council, of course).
Smart guy, this was General Arnold. In the yard, once again I remind, in November 1945!



The war of the new generation can begin with devastating suddenness. The enemy will not prevent anyone - his rocket, rising above the atmosphere, bypassed all the barriers and amaze the vital centers of America. And all this will happen before the US Army ground forces are deployed and ready for war.
In a scenario conditioned by Life opponent released 13 intercontinental ballistic missiles. One missile was hit by the missile and warhead exploded high above the surface (ABM later), the rest of the goals reached. 10 million people instantly disappeared in the flames of the atomic bombings.
The enemy, once again, in this case, the conditional - an abstract enemy, secretly built missile silos in Equatorial Africa (being called by the name of the enemy has not yet come).



Radars, according to Arnold, making an outstanding contribution to the effectiveness of the Air Force and Air Defense. With their help, the human eye extends to the horizon and the horizon.
Powerful radars enable to detect targets at a distance of thousands of miles. And high flying targets easier to detect than the target, pressed to the ground.
In the picture above, operators of US radar detected launches of enemy missiles.
America has a head start in 30 minutes. But half an hour - it's too little, in order to bring on full alert missile defenses.
A radar itself can not protect America from enemy nuclear warheads.



General Arnold admits that currently deal with missiles is almost impossible, but now you need to think about the means of combating them.
An effective means of dealing with the rocket can only be ... another rocket to intercept a gift from the enemy in the upper atmosphere, as shown in the figure. Then people will see the earth with a bright flash in the sky.

Judging by this picture and accompanying text General Arnold learned the right lessons from the just-concluded World War II. He says that the best defense against atomic bombs - the presence of bomb only the right of and confidence in the fact that nobody in the world does not develop an atomic bomb, and secondly - will not prevent all means of defense against nuclear weapons, in the third country's vulnerability should be minimized.
At first glance, the general says things are mutually exclusive - if the bomb is only for the good guys, why do anything else? Especially that Arnold on duty knew how the Germans were quite successfully passing the honor of military plants into the ground. The picture shows a perfect underground city, able to survive any nuclear strike. Construction of dozens of such cities would cost $ 250 billion (sample 1945), but the population is about an hour from the beginning of the attack, to get to these cities. And this hour would be left far not at all.



Of all the species of the genera of modern armies in the event of nuclear war, the most efficient General Arnold said airborne troops. The first strike claimed the lives of 40 million Americans, 50 million have become refugees. The largest cities in America turned into piles of construction debris. Now turn the enemy paratroopers - they are dressed in protective suits and well armed.
But the United States has both the army and the missiles, and airborne troops. Enemy paratroopers destroyed.
Retaliation is inevitable.
America will avenge, retaliate and inevitably win a nuclear war. By the way, this page has no foes missile silos in Equatorial Africa.
The reader is left wondering - and with whom his country is at war?
Less than six months later, Sir Winston Churchill will answer this question in his famous Fulton speech.

via vehrwolf LJ



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