![]() Main articles: Appalachia, New California, Capital Wasteland, Commonwealth, Mojave Wasteland The entire world had been blanketed with multiple nuclear strikes, most cities being hit multiple times, and the world and its entire ecosystem being irrevocably changed for centuries to come. This would actually be far worse for the Earth as the lower yield warheads would deposit more soil and debris into the lower atmosphere resulting in a much more concentrated fallout that would envelop the environment. The standard nuclear warhead used in the Great War was that of strategic nuclear warhead ranging from 200-750 kilotons in explosive yield with the occasional megaton yield warhead (such as the C-23 Megaton) being the outliers. Both China and the United States were destroyed. The nuclear exchange continued for two hours, until silence fell across the land. By 09:47 EST, most American facilities went offline. As American weapons were launched, the first Chinese nukes hit in Pennsylvania and New York at 09:42 EST. At 09:26 EST, the President ordered a retaliatory strike according to scenario MX-CN91. Four minutes later, NORAD confirmation sealed the fate of the world. Six hours later, at 09:13 EST, the Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System detected the first four missile launches and the United States went to DEFCON 2. At 03:37 EST, a squadron of high-altitude bombers was sighted off the Bering Strait. The first Chinese subs were identified by the United States Pacific Fleet at 00:03 EST off the coast of California, moving into position. Pressed against the wall with nothing to lose, the Chinese finally launched a nuclear first strike on October 23, 2077, in a last-ditch effort to knock America out of the game. Roger Maxson's rebellion went unnoticed, despite a declaration of secession and open rebellion Nuclear war was inevitable, a fact determined by Robert House back in 2065, who arrived at the conclusion that a nuclear war was inevitable by 2080, at most. The United States was leaderless, continuing on simply due through inertia. The oil rig of the Californian coast was claimed by the President and key members of the junta, becoming the foundation of the future Enclave. The situation was made worse by the fact that the oligarchs ruling the United States retreated to remote locations around the globe, expecting a last-ditch nuclear strike from China at any moment. ![]() In a desperate attempt to bolster the offensive and break the stalemate, bases across the United States were sealed and troops redeployed to provide more men for the meat grinder. Billions of dollars and thousands of casualties were spent in vain, despite taxes and various wartime revenues ensuring the Federal government was been able to fund a standing army the likes of which the United States had never seen before. Despite a decade of war, there was no end in sight. By October, the situation transitioned from a rout into a stalemate. However, as American soldiers pushed deeper into the mainland, Chinese resistance increased. The campaign in mainland China, which began with the amphibious landings at Shantou in 2074, was reinvigorated by gaining ground in Alaska and the deployment of T-51 units. General Jingwei, commander of the Alaskan theater, was killed in action. The liberation of Anchorage spearheaded by winterized T-51 power armor units under the command of General Constantine Chase marked the end of the Anchorage Reclamation, after a decade of war. ![]() By 2077, a combination of attrition, loss of supply routes, and offensives conducted by the United States across the front, left Chinese units in Alaska stranded and cut off from reinforcements. The nuclear holocaust was a direct result of the Sino-American War, a decade-long conflict that left both the United States and China exhausted. The details are trivial and pointless, the reasons, as always, purely human ones. Too many humans, not enough space or resources to go around. The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted. ![]()
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