Awaiting Mario Rossi's (of P&S: Noi Non Ci Saremo fame 
) more authoritative opinion upon the matter, in this map 28 nuke devices of various yield (four main yields: about 25 kt, about 600 kt, about 2.5 and about 10 MT) are virtually detonated all over NW Italy - the area here considered is that west of the rivers Adda, Taro and Magra, so half of Lombardy plus Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria and a solid chunk of Emilia.
The file is in .kml format, to be opened in Google Earth.
http://depositfiles.com/files/6lng1edfy
There are also a couple misses, one is a near one, that in the higher Bormida, intended for Pian dei Corsi NATO communication bases, but groundburst some kms west; another one is near Lanzo Torinese-Balangero, originally intended for a French air force base somewhere near Lyon or St.Etienne but fell far short due to circuitry failure and, in no small part, foul weather.
The circles you can see by opening the kml file in Google Earth are intended to show the limits of the theoretical thermal damage capable of causing at least second-degree burns in people exposed. I kept in mind that 21st February, 1984 was rainy, and that some areas woould be hit more than once. I also mused on the fact that maybe some weapons wouldn't be launched by officers horrified at the idea of actually launching, but *here* the effect would be negligible. The circles obviously don't show where terrain features could protect areas from the thermal flash, be it groundburst or airburst detonation.
) more authoritative opinion upon the matter, in this map 28 nuke devices of various yield (four main yields: about 25 kt, about 600 kt, about 2.5 and about 10 MT) are virtually detonated all over NW Italy - the area here considered is that west of the rivers Adda, Taro and Magra, so half of Lombardy plus Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria and a solid chunk of Emilia.The file is in .kml format, to be opened in Google Earth.
http://depositfiles.com/files/6lng1edfy
There are also a couple misses, one is a near one, that in the higher Bormida, intended for Pian dei Corsi NATO communication bases, but groundburst some kms west; another one is near Lanzo Torinese-Balangero, originally intended for a French air force base somewhere near Lyon or St.Etienne but fell far short due to circuitry failure and, in no small part, foul weather.
The circles you can see by opening the kml file in Google Earth are intended to show the limits of the theoretical thermal damage capable of causing at least second-degree burns in people exposed. I kept in mind that 21st February, 1984 was rainy, and that some areas woould be hit more than once. I also mused on the fact that maybe some weapons wouldn't be launched by officers horrified at the idea of actually launching, but *here* the effect would be negligible. The circles obviously don't show where terrain features could protect areas from the thermal flash, be it groundburst or airburst detonation.
