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 atack on the UK.

West Midlands

 * 1) Birmingham- 1x 10kt, 2x 200kt and 3x 100kt.
 * 2) Dudley- 1x 1kt and 1 x 10kt.
 * 3) Coventry- 2x 100kt.
 * 4) Coventry airport – 1x 1kt.
 * 5) West Midlands Airport- 3x 1kt.
 * 6) Smethwick- 1x 10kt.
 * 7) Hampstead, Birmingham- 1x 10kt
 * 8) Old Hill, Birmingham- 1x 10kt and 1x100kt.
 * 9) Merry Hill, Birmingham - 2x 10kt and 1x 100kt.
 * 10) Cradley Heath- 3x 10kt and 1x 100kt.
 * 11) Wolverhampton 1x 10kt, 2x 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).

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.

Gloustershire

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

Northamptonshire

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

Shropshire

 * 1) RAF Allbrighton- 2 x 1kt

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.

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

South 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- 2x 10kt
 * 2) Hull docks- 1x 50kt

North Riding of Yorkshire

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

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.

Herefordshire

 * 1) RAF Madley- 3x 1kt

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

Lincolnshire

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

Soke of Peaterbrough

 * 1) Peterborugh- 1x 10 kt

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- 1x 10 kt
 * 6) Barking docks- 1x 10 kt
 * 7) Rhainham docks-1x 1kt 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

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

Dorset

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

Wiltshire

 * 1) Swindon- 2 x 1kt
 * 2) RAF Lynham- 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) Beeston- were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.
 * 5) RAF Hucknall were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.
 * 6) 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.

Cheshire

 * 1) Crew- 1x 1kt
 * 2) Elsmere Port- 1 x 10kt
 * 3) Stockport- 1 x 10kt
 * 4) Birkenhead- 1 x 100kt

Liecestershire

 * 1) East Midlands Airport were targeted, but the 1kt ICBMs failed to go off and only broke up on impact, spewing radiation dirty bomb style.

Lancashire

 * 1) Manchester- 3 x 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) Salford-1x 1kt
 * 8) Warrington- 1x 1kt
 * 9) Hyde, Lancashire- 1x 10kt
 * 10) Barrow in Funess- 2x 1kt
 * 11) The VSEL sumarine docks at Barrow in Funess- 2x 1kt
 * 12) Manchester Rigway airport- 2x 10kt

Suffolk

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

Bedfordshire

 * 1) Whipsnade zoo- 1x1kt

Devon

 * 1) Plymouth- 1x 10kt
 * 2) Plymouth docks- 2x 10kt
 * 3) Exiter docks- 2x 10kt

Cornwall

 * 1) Devonport docks- 1x 10kt

Kent

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

London County Council

 * 1) Westminster- 1 x 100kt
 * 2) Holbourn- 1 x 100kt
 * 3) Islington- 1 x 100kt
 * 4) St Katharine Docks- 1 x 100kt
 * 5) Shadwell Basin- 1 x 100kt
 * 6) Canary Wharf- 1 x 100kt
 * 7) West India Docks- 1 x 50kt
 * 8) Heron Quays- 1 x 50kt and 1x 10kt
 * 9) Surrey Quays- 1 x 100kt.
 * 10) Grenwhich- 1x 10 kt
 * 11) Knightsbrigde- 1 x 1kt
 * 12) Waterloo- 1 x 10kt
 * 13) Poplar- 1 x 1kt
 * 14) Lambeth- 1 x 10kt
 * 15) Clapham Common- 1 x 20kt
 * 16) Dagenham Docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 17) Battersy Power Station- 1 x 1kt
 * 18) Hackney Wick- 1 x 100kt
 * 19) Hackney Downs- 1 x 100kt
 * 20) Paddinton station- 1x 10 kt
 * 21) King's Cross station- 1x 10 kt
 * 22) Waterloo station- 1x 10 kt
 * 23) London Bridge station- 1x 10 kt
 * 24) Whapping Docks and Quays devlopment- 1x 20 kt and 1x 10kt
 * 25) Clappham railway- 1x 10 kt and 2x 1kt
 * 26) Hackney Central railway station- 1x 10kt
 * 27) Tottenham- 2x 10kt and 1x 1kt
 * 28) Brixton- 1x 1kt
 * 29) 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.

Northern Ierland

 * 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
 * 3) Motherwell- 1x 1kt
 * 4) Wishaw- 1x 1kt
 * 5) Ravenscrage steel mill and blast furnaces- 1 x 1kt.

Argyleshire

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

Nairnshire

 * 1) RAF Lossymouth- 1x 10 kt
 * 2) Fort George- 1x 10 kt

Midlothian

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

Fife

 * 1) Rosyth Navel docks-1x 1kt

Angelsea

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

Monmouth/Gwent

 * 1) Newport, Gwent- 1x 10KT
 * 2) Neport, Gwent docks- 1x 1kt
 * 3) The Uskmouth power stations - 1x 1kt

South Glamorgan

 * 1) Cardiff 2 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).

Technical notes

 * Oddly, the RAF Throckmorton, RAF Codsall, Slough trading estate, Reading railway junction, Wiggan docks, Warrington docks, Runcorn chemical works, Benfleat, Brentford docks, Colchester, Harwich docks, MOD Pig's Bay, Leicester, Preston, Didcot power station, Bicester Military Railway, DMC Longtown, DMC Eastriggs, Dornock railway station, Longmoor Military Railway, York, Dover or the Ironbridge power stations grouping was never even targeted by the USSR in the first place. Strangely, some plces were spaired by a random twist of fate.

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