WP Targets in the UK and Ireland (1962: The Apocalypse)

Here is a list of all the known Warsaw Pact targets in the 1962 atomic attack on the UK.



Oxfordshire

 * 1) RAF Bicester 1x 1kt.
 * 2) BOD Bicester - 1x 10kt.
 * 3) RAF Brise Norton- 1x 10kt,
 * 4) RAF Hinton in the Hedges- 1x 1kt
 * 5) Chipping Warden airfield- 1x 1kt
 * 6) Whitney- 3x 10kt.
 * 7) Banbury- 3x 1kt.
 * 8) A 1 1kt device had mist Upper Heyford and hit Banbury instead.

Berkshire

 * 1) RAF Greenham Common- 2x 100kt and 1 x 50kt.
 * 2) Sandherst army officer accadamy- 1 x 10kt.
 * 3) Aldermaston Atomic resrch centre- 1 x 10kt.
 * 4) Burghfield ordinance factory- 1x 10kt.

Hampshire

 * 1) Andover- 1 x 10kt
 * 2) Southampton- 1 x 100kt
 * 3) Southampton docks- 2 x 10kt
 * 4) Portsmouth docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 5) Gosport docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 6) RAF Middel Wholop- 1x 1kt

Buckinghamshire

 * 1) Buckingham- 1x 1kt.

East Sussex

 * 1) Brighton- 1x 50kt

Surrey

 * 1) Croydon-1x 1kt
 * 2) Croydon east station and junction- 1x 10 kt.
 * 3) Mitcham railway junction- 1x 10 kt.
 * 4) Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut- 1x 50kt and 1x kt.

Bedfordshire

 * 1) Whipsnade zoo- 1x1kt
 * 2) Chicksands AFB- 1x1kt
 * 3) Luton- 1x 10kt
 * 4) Luton Airport- 1x 10kt

Kent

 * 1) Chatham Naval Dockyard- 2 x 10kt
 * 2) Welling, Kent- 1 x 1kt

Soke of Peaterbrough

 * 1) Peterborugh- 1x 10 kt

Huntingdonshire

 * 1) RAF Molesworth- 1x 1kt
 * 2) RAF Upwood- 1x 1kt
 * 3) RAF Mepal- 1x 1kt (It did not explode and buried itself 10 feet into the ground).
 * 4) RAF Alconbury- 1x 1kt (It did not explode and buried itself 12 feet into the ground).

Cambridgeshire

 * 1) MOD Waterbeach Barracks- 1x 1kt
 * 2) MOD/RAF Bassingbourn Barracks - 1x 1kt (It did not explode and buried itself 15 feet into the ground).

Essex

 * 1) RAF Debden- 1x 10 kt
 * 2) RAF South Hornden- 1x 10 kt
 * 3) RAF Horncurch- 1x 10 kt
 * 4) Tilbury dock- 2x 10 kt
 * 5) Dagenham Docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 6) Barking docks- 1x 10 kt
 * 7) Rhainham docks-1x 10kt and 2x 10 kt
 * 8) Thamshaven dock- 1x 100 kt
 * 9) Greys dock- 1x 100 kt
 * 10) Greys oil terminal- 2x 10 kt
 * 11) Basildon- 1x 1kt
 * 12) Ongar- 1x 1kt

Suffolk

 * 1) RAF Lakenheth- 1x 10kt
 * 2) RAF Woodbridge- 1x 10kt
 * 3) Lowestoft docks- 1x 1kt
 * 4) RAF Honington- 1x 1kt

Staffordshire

 * 1) Stoke-on-Trent- 1x 50kt
 * 2) 2 10kt missiles meant to hit Stafford also fell short and hit the ruins of Wolverhampton instead.
 * 3) Old Hill, Birmingham- 1x 10kt and 1x 100kt.
 * 4) Merry Hill, Birmingham - 1x 10kt and 1x 100kt.
 * 5) Cradley Heath- 1x 10kt and 1x 100kt.
 * 6) Wolverhampton 1x 10kt, 2x 1kt.

Shropshire

 * 1) RAF Allbrighton- 2 x 1kt

Greater Birmingham

 * 1) Central Birmingham- 1x 10kt, 1x 200kt and 2x 100kt.
 * 2) Smethwick- 1x 10kt.
 * 3) Hampstead, Birmingham- 1x 10kt
 * 4) Perry Bar- 1x 50kt

Worcestershire

 * 1) Dudley- 1x 1kt and 1 x 10kt.
 * 2) RAF Pershore- 1x 1kt.

Herefordshire

 * 1) RAF Madley- 3x 1kt

Warwickshire

 * 1) Kinteton army depot- 2x 1kt.
 * 2) Warwick Castle- 2x 1kt.
 * 3) Coventry airport- 3x 1kt
 * 4) West Midlands Airport- 3x 1kt
 * 5) Kenilworth Castel- 1x 1kt
 * 6) Warwickshire’s Baddersley Colliery 1x 1kt (it did not explode after it buried it’s self at the bottom of the mine shaft).
 * 7) Coventry- 2x 100kt.
 * 8) Coventry airport – 1x 1kt.
 * 9) West Midlands Airport- 3x 1kt.

Liecestershire

 * 1) RAF Bruntingthorpe- 1x 1kt
 * 2) East Midlands Airport were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.
 * 3) RAF Saltby- 1x1kt, but it did not go off. The Soviets mistakenly thought it was a major fighter base, when it was a training field-come-glider club.

Lincolnshire

 * 1) Grimsby- 1x 10 kt and 1x 1kt
 * 2) Grimsby dock- 2x 10 kt
 * 3) Flixborugh Quay- 1x 10 kt
 * 4) Scunthorpe steel mill complex- 2x 10 kt
 * 5) RAF Scampton- 2x 10 kt

Northamptonshire

 * 1) RAF Croughton- 1x 1kt.
 * 2) RAF Longsparrow- 1x 1kt.

Derbyshire

 * 1) Derby- 1x 10kt
 * 2) Sinfin-1x 1kt
 * 3) Derby was missed by a 10Kt ICBM (it reportedly detonated in the rural Derbyshire Borough of High Peak, near the Staffordshire border).
 * 4) Long Eaton, were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.

Nottinghmshire

 * 1) RAF Langar- 1x 1kt
 * 2) RAF Syerston- 1x 1kt
 * 3) Nottingham- 1x 10kt
 * 4) Mansfield- 1x 1kt
 * 5) Beeston- were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.
 * 6) RAF Hucknall were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.
 * 7) Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.

Lancashire

 * 1) Manchester- 2x 100 kt
 * 2) Oldham- 1x 10 kt
 * 3) Rochdale- 1x 10 kt
 * 4) Bolton- 1x 10 kt
 * 5) Liverpool - 2 x 100 kt
 * 6) Liverpool Docks- 1x 50kt
 * 7) Bootle Docks- 1x 50kt
 * 8) Salford-1x 1kt
 * 9) Warrington- 1x 1kt
 * 10) Hyde, Lancashire- 1x 10kt
 * 11) Barrow in Funess- 2x 1kt
 * 12) The VSEL sumarine docks at Barrow in Funess- 2x 1kt
 * 13) Manchester Ridgway airport- 2x 10kt
 * 14) RAF Woodvale- 1x 1kt

Cheshire

 * 1) Crew- 1x 1kt
 * 2) Elsmere Port- 1 x 10kt
 * 3) Stockport- 1 x 10kt
 * 4) Birkenhead- 1 x 10kt
 * 5) Birkenhead dock- 1 x 10kt
 * 6) Wallasey dock- 1 x 10kt

Northumberland

 * 1) Newcastel on Tyne- 1x 10 kt
 * 2) Newcastel on Tyne docks- 1x 100 kt
 * 3) North Shields- 1x 10 kt

Durhamshire

 * 1) Gatehead- 1x 10 kt
 * 2) Gatehead docks- 1x 50 kt
 * 3) South Shields- 1x 10 kt
 * 4) Sunderland- 1x 10 kt
 * 5) Sunderland docks- 1x 50 kt
 * 6) Hartlepool docks- 1x 10kt

West Riding of Yorkshire

 * 1) Sheffield- 2x 100kt
 * 2) Doncater-1x 50kt
 * 3) Barnsley-1x 50kt
 * 4) Wakefield- 2 x10kt
 * 5) Huddersfield- 2x 10kt
 * 6) Leeds- 2x 100kt
 * 7) Bradford- 2x 100kt

East Riding of Yorkshire

 * 1) Hull-1x 10.
 * 2) Albert Dock- 1x 10.
 * 3) Queens dock- 2x 10.
 * 4) Alexandra dock- 1x 10.

North Riding of Yorkshire

 * 1) US radar early warning center RAF Fylingdales- 2x 10kt
 * 2) Redcar steelworks - 1x 1 kt
 * 3) Stockton upon Teese- 1x 1 kt
 * 4) Teeside chemical works development - 1x 1 kt

Dorset

 * 1) Wytch Farm oil shale development-1x 1kt
 * 2) Kimmeridge Oil well- 1x 1kt

Devon

 * 1) Plymouth- 1x 10kt
 * 2) Plymouth docks-2x 10kt
 * 3) HMNB Portsmouth (HMS Nelson)- 1x 15 kt
 * 4) Exiter docks- 2x 10kt
 * 5) Exeter- 1x 1 kt

Cornwall

 * 1) Devonport docks- 2x 15kt
 * 2) Devonport- 1x 10kt, 1x 1 kt

Gloustershire

 * 1) GCHQ Cheltenham- 2 x 1k
 * 2) Cheltenham race course- 1 x 1kt
 * 3) Ashchurch army base- 1 x 1kt

Wiltshire

 * 1) Swindon- 2 x 1kt
 * 2) RAF Lynham- 1x 1kt

Bristol

 * 1) Bristol- 1x 100kt
 * 2) Bristol docks- 1 x 50 kt
 * 3) Avonmouth -1 x 10kt
 * 4) Avonmouth oil refinery- 1x 10kt
 * 5) Avonmouth docks- 1x 10kt

London County Council

 * 1) Westminster- 1 x 100kt and 1x 50kt
 * 2) Holbourn- 1 x 10kt
 * 3) Islington- 1 x 100kt
 * 4) St Katharine Docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 5) Shadwell Basin- 1 x 100kt
 * 6) Canary Wharf- 1 x 100kt
 * 7) West India Docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 8) Heron Quays- 1 x 20kt and 1x 10kt
 * 9) Surrey Quays- 1 x 100kt.
 * 10) Grenwhich- 1x 10 kt.
 * 11) Knightsbrigde- 1 x 1kt
 * 12) Lambeth- 1 x 10kt
 * 13) Battersy Power Station- 1 x 1kt
 * 14) Hackney Wick- 1 x 1kt
 * 15) Hackney Downs- 1 x 1kt
 * 16) Paddinton station- 1x 10 kt
 * 17) King's Cross station- 1x 10 kt
 * 18) Waterloo station- 1x 10 kt
 * 19) London Bridge station- 1x 10 kt
 * 20) Whapping Docks and Quays devlopment- 1x 20 kt and 1x 10kt
 * 21) Clappham railway- 1x 10 kt and 2x 1kt
 * 22) Brixton- 1x 1kt
 * 23) Tooting Beck- 1x 100kt

The City of London

 * 1) The London Stock Exchange- 1 x 100kt.
 * 2) Fenchurch St. Station - 1x 10kt.
 * 3) Fleet Street- 1 x 200kt.
 * 4) The Tower of london- 1x 10 kt
 * 5) Charring Cross Station- 1x 10 kt

Middelsex

 * 1) Willsden railway junction- 1 x 1kt.
 * 2) Heathrow airport- 1 x 10kt.
 * 3) RAF Northolt- 1 x 10kt.
 * 4) White City- 1x 10 kt.
 * 5) Hammersmith- 1 x 1kt.
 * 6) Fullham- 1 x 1kt.
 * 7) Tottenham- 1x 1kt

Bellfast

 * 1) Belfast- 1x 10kt
 * 2) Belfast docks- 1x 10kt
 * 3) Shots of Belfast ship yard, Belfast- 1x 1kt
 * 4) Musgrove park trading estate and quay, Belfast- 1x 1kt

Lanarkshire

 * 1) Glasgow- 2x 10kt
 * 2) Glasgow docks- 2x 10kt and 2x 1kt.
 * 3) Govan docks- 2x1kt
 * 4) Motherwell- 1x 1kt
 * 5) Wishaw- 1x 1kt
 * 6) Ravenscrage steel mill and blast furnaces- 1 x 1kt.
 * 7) RAF Abbotsinch- 1x 1kt
 * 8) Airdrie- 1x 1kt
 * 9) Rutherglen- 1x 1kt

Dunbartonshire

 * 1) Cumbernauld- 1x1kt

Buteshire

 * 1) Rothsay 1x1kt (it did not go off)

Argyleshire

 * 1) Holyloch submarine pens- 1 x 20kt and 2 x 10kt.
 * 2) Dunoon- 1x10kt

Morayshire

 * 1) RAF Lossiemouth- 1x 10 kt

Inverness-shire

 * 1) Fort George- 1x 10 kt

Midlothian

 * 1) Edingbrough-1x 1kt
 * 2) Lieth-1x 1kt
 * 3) Lieth docks-1x 1kt

Remfewshire

 * 1) Paisley- 1x 1kt
 * 2) Renfrew airport- 1x 1kt
 * 3) Port Glasgow-1x1kt

Fife

 * 1) Rosyth Navel docks-1x 1kt
 * 2) Dunfermline- 1x1kt

Angelsea

 * 1) RAF Valley- 2 x 10kt
 * 2) RAF Mona- 1x 1kt

Monmouth/Gwent

 * 1) Newport, Gwent- 1x 10KT
 * 2) Neport, Gwent docks- 1x 1kt
 * 3) The Uskmouth power stations - 1x 1kt, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.

South Glamorgan

 * 1) Cardiff 1 x 10kt and 1 x 20 kt
 * 2) Cardiff docks 2 x 10kt
 * 3) Swansea 2x 15kt
 * 4) Swansea docks 2 x 10kt
 * 5) Cardiff Airport – 1 x1kt
 * 6) Swansea Airport – 1 x1kt
 * 7) MOD St Athan – 1x 1kt
 * 8) Rhymney Valley – 1x 1kt (It buried itself in a recently abandoned coal mine and didn’t explode.)
 * 9) Barry Island dock- 1x 1kt
 * 10) The Woodham Brothers scrapyard, Barry Island- 1x 1kt (It did not explode and buried itself 8 feet into the ground).
 * 11) RAF Rhouse- 1 x 10kt

Technical notes

 * Oddly the flowing was never even targeted by the USSR-


 * 1) RAF Throckmorton,
 * 2) RAF Codsall,
 * 3) Slough trading estate,
 * 4) Reading railway junction,
 * 5) Wiggan docks,
 * 6) RAF Barford St John
 * 7) Warrington docks,
 * 8) Runcorn chemical works,
 * 9) RAF Duxford,
 * 10) Benfleat docks,
 * 11) Brentford docks,
 * 12) Colchester,
 * 13) Harwich docks,
 * 14) MOD Pig's Bay,
 * 15) Tower Collrey
 * 16) Trentham collery,
 * 17) Cowdwnbeath steel works
 * 18) Clydebank
 * 19) Inverkeithing steel works
 * 20) Coatbridge
 * 21) Leicester,
 * 22) Preston,
 * 23) Didcot power station,
 * 24) RAF High Wycombe Headquarters,
 * 25) RAF Neatishead,
 * 26) RAF Northwood Headquarters,
 * 27) Bicester Military Railway,
 * 28) DMC Longtown,
 * 29) DMC Eastriggs,
 * 30) Dornock railway station,
 * 31) Longmoor Military Railway,
 * 32) Milford Haven oil refinery,
 * 33) Pembrook docks,
 * 34) Chesterfield,
 * 35) The Selby coal mines grouping,
 * 36) Gatwick airport,
 * 37) Stanstead airport,
 * 38) Port Tolbot steel mill and blast-furnaces,
 * 39) RAF Leuchars,
 * 40) RAF Edzell,
 * 41) RAF Gailes,
 * Ayr,
 * 1) Clydebank,
 * 2) Prestwick Airport,
 * 3) RAF Grangemouth,
 * 4) RAF Cottismore,
 * 5) RAF Kinloss,
 * 6) RAF Bembecular,
 * 7) Croyton oil refinery,
 * 8) Foley oil terminal,
 * 9) Yopack oil refinery,
 * 10) Bunsfield Oil refinery,
 * 11) York,
 * 12) RAF Marham
 * 13) RAF Chelveston
 * 14) Aldershot
 * 15) MOD Porton Down,
 * 16) Dover docks and
 * 17) The Ironbridge power stations grouping.

Strangely, some plces were spaired by a random twist of fate.

Also see:

 * 1962: Doomsday
 * Editorial Guidelines- (1962: Doomsday)