The probable UK losses in a 1962 atomic war!

Soviet missile and bomb warheads

 * 2mt
 * 1.44mt
 * 2.5mt
 * 1mt
 * 2.3mt
 * 3mt
 * 6mt
 * 300kt
 * 40kt
 * 9.2kt
 * 750kt
 * 14kt
 * 5kt
 * 12kt
 * 7kt
 * 6kt
 * 1kt

Deaths, injured and serviours!

 * 1) Dead- 53%.
 * 2) Serious injuries- 12%.
 * 3) Survivors- 35%
 * 4) Short-term survivors- 35%.
 * 5) Medium-term survivors- 30%.
 * 6) Long-term survivors- 25%.
 * 7) Those who survive long enough to die of old age- 10-20%.

The assumed attack plans

 * 1) Heavy conventional bombing.
 * 2) Nuke priority targets.
 * 3) Nuke secondary targets.
 * 4) Nuke major cities.
 * 5) Conquest if no surrender has already occurred.

Bedfordshire

 * 1) Luton - 1x 14kt
 * 2) Whipsnade zoo- 1x 5kt
 * 3) Chicksands AFB - 1x 14kt
 * 4) Luton Airport - 1x 14kt
 * 5) Luton airfield - 1x 14kt

Berkshire

 * 1) RAF Greenham Common- 2x 100kt and 2x 40kt.
 * 2) Sandherst army officer academy- 1 x 7kt.
 * 3) Aldermaston Atomic research centre- 1 x 7kt.
 * 4) Burghfield ordnance factory- 1x 7t.
 * 5) Reading city centre- 40 KT.
 * 6) Reading rail junction- 1x 5kt.
 * 7) Chullam Laboratories- 1x 5kt.

Bristol

 * 1) Central Bristol- 1x 300kt
 * 2) Bristol docks- 2 x 300 kt
 * 3) Bristol port- 1 x 300 kt
 * 4) Avonmouth -1 x 7kt
 * 5) Avonmouth oil refinery- 1x 7kt
 * 6) Avonmouth docks- 2x 14kt and 1x 7kt
 * 7) St Andrew's road steel mill- 1x 7kt
 * 8) St Andrew's road docks- 1x 7kt
 * 9) Severnside trading estate- 1x 7kt

Cornwall

 * 1) Torpoint docks- 1x 14kt
 * 2) Saltash dock- 1x 14kt

Derbyshire

 * 1) Sinfin Rolls-Royce engine plant-1x 14kt
 * 2) Long Eaton- 1x 14kt

Devon

 * 1) Plymouth town center- 1x 300kt
 * 2) Plymouth Millbay docks-2x 14kt
 * 3) Plymouth submarine pens- 1x 14kt
 * 4) Plymouth's Lord Nelson radio mast- 1x 7kt
 * 5) Plymouth's 3 naval bases- 3 x300 KT, one on each base.
 * 6) Plymouth harbour- 1x 14kt
 * 7) Exeter- 1x 40kt
 * 8) Exeter docks- 2x 40kt
 * 9) Exeter navy base- 1x 14 kt
 * 10) Exeter harbour- 1x 14 kt
 * 11) Exeter city center- 1x 14 kt
 * 12) Devonport docks- 2x 14kt
 * 13) Devonport town centre- 1x 14kt

Hampshire

 * 1) Andover army barracks- 1 x 5kt
 * 2) RAF Oidian-1x 5kt
 * 3) Southampton- 1 x 300kt
 * 4) Southampton docks- 2x 14kt
 * 5) Southampiton Chapel Docks- 2x 14kt
 * 6) HMNB Portsmouth (HMS Nelson) area- 3x 14 kt
 * 7) Portsmouth docks- 2x 14kt
 * 8) Gosport docks- 1 x 10kt
 * 9) RAF Middel Wholop- 1x 5kt
 * 10) Southampon western docks- 2x 14kt
 * 11) Portsmouth- 1x 40kt
 * 12) Eastleigh railway works- 1x 5kt

Huntingdonshire

 * 1) RAF Molesworth- 1x 14kt
 * 2) RAF Upwood- 1x 14kt
 * 3) RAF Mepal- 1x 14kt
 * 4) RAF Alconbury- 1x 14kt

Middlesex

 * 1) Heathrow airport- 1 x 7kt.
 * 2) RAF Northolt- 1 x 7kt.
 * 3) Willsden railway junction- 1 x 7kt.
 * 4) White City- 1x 7 kt.
 * 5) Tottenham-1x 5kt
 * 6) Hackney -1 x 5kt
 * 7) Enfield lock- 1x 5kt

Oxfordshire

 * 1) RAF Bicester 2x 17kt.
 * 2) BOD Bicester - 1x 14kt.
 * 3) RAF Brize Norton- 2x 14kt.
 * 4) RAF Benson- 2x 7kt.
 * 5) RAF Hinton in the Hedges- 1x 5kt.
 * 6) Chipping Warden airfield- 1x 5kt.
 * 7) Whitney- 2x 5kt.
 * 8) Banbury- 1x 5kt.
 * 9) RAF Upper Heyford- The 2x 14kt.

Surrey

 * 1) Mitcham railway junction- 1x 5 kt.
 * 2) Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut- 1x 7kt.
 * 3) Leatherhead- 1x 5kt.
 * 4) Effingham railway junction- 1x 5kt.
 * 5) Clapham railway junction- 1x 5kt.

Wiltshire

 * 1) Swindon goods yard- 1x 5kt.
 * 2) Swindon railway works- 2 x 7kt
 * 3) Swindon town centere- 1x 7kt
 * 4) RAF Lynham- 1x 7kt
 * 5) Basil Hill Army Barracks- 1x 7kt
 * 6) Basil Hill Barracks Royal Signals establishment- 1x 7kt
 * 7) HMS Royal Arthur Royal Navy training establishment- 1x 7kt
 * 8) Royal Naval Stores Depot Copenacre- 1x 7kt
 * 9) The Wiltshire and Bath regional command post, who were stationed in the former underground aircraft factory and ammunition store at Hudswell Quarry in Hawthorn, Wiltshire- 2x 300kt

West Riding

 * 1) Sheffield- 2x 300kt.
 * 2) Sheffield Forgemasters steel works- 1x 5kt.
 * 3) Doncaster-1x 300kt.
 * 4) Doncaster steel mill- 1x 5kt.
 * 5) Doncaster BR rail-works- 1x 7kt.
 * 6) Barnsley-1x 40kt
 * 7) Rotherham- 1x 40kt.
 * 8) Wakefield- 2 x 40kt.
 * 9) Huddersfield- 1x 40kt.
 * 10) Leeds- 1x 300kt.
 * 11) Bradford- 1x 300kt.
 * 12) Todmorden- 1x 5kt.

County of London

 * 1) Hammersmith- 1 x 5kt.
 * 2) Fullham- 1 x 5kt.
 * 3) The Palace of Westminster- 1x 14kt, 1x 40kt
 * 4) Whitehall Palace- 1x 14kt and 1x 40kt
 * 5) Holbourn- 1 x 7 kt and 1x 40kt
 * 6) Islington- 1 x 7kt and 1x 14kt
 * 7) St Katharine Docks- 1 x 7kt
 * 8) Shadwell Basin- 1 x 7kt
 * 9) Canary Wharf- 1 x 7kt
 * 10) Angerstein Wharf- 1x 7kt
 * 11) West India Docks- 1 x 5kt
 * 12) Heron Quays- 1 x 7kt and 1x 5kt
 * 13) Surrey Quays- 1x 7kt and 1 x 5kt
 * 14) Grenwhich naval docks and collage- 1x 7 kt.
 * 15) Grenwich gas works-1x5 kt
 * 16) Knightsbrigde- 1 x 5kt
 * 17) Chelsea FC- 1x 5kt
 * 18) Battersea Power station- 1x 5kt
 * 19) Lotts Road Power station- 1x 5kt
 * 20) Rotherhithe dock- 1x 5kt
 * 21) Lambeth Palace- 1 x 5kt
 * 22) Buckingham Palace- 1 x 5kt and 1x 7kt
 * 23) Paddinton station- 1x 5 kt
 * 24) King's Cross station- 1x 5 kt
 * 25) Waterloo station- 1x 5 kt
 * 26) London Bridge station- 1x 5 kt
 * 27) Whapping Docks and Quays complex- 1x 7 kt
 * 28) Clappham railway station and junction complex- 1x 5 kt
 * 29) Brixton- 1x 5kt
 * 30) Tooting Beck- 1x5kt
 * 31) Isle of Dogs- 1x 5kt
 * 32) Bethnal Green- 1x 5kt

City of London

 * 1) City of London- 1x 1.44MT and 2x 1MT.
 * 2) The London Stock Exchange- 1 x 7kt.
 * 3) Fenchurch St. Station - 1x 7kt.
 * 4) Fleet Street- 1 x 7kt and 1x 14kt.
 * 5) The Tower of london- 1x 7 kt
 * 6) Charring Cross Station- 1x 5 kt

Borough of Hendon
.

Borough of Finchley
.

Borough of Uxbridge

 * 1) Uxbrdge- 1x 5 kt.

Borough of Ealing

 * 1) Not nuked!

Borough of Kingston upon Thames
.

City of Croydon

 * 1) Croydon-1x 7kt
 * 2) Croydon east station and junction- 1x 7 kt.

Borough of Stockport
.

Borough of Bath
.

City of Oxford

 * 1) Blackbird Leys- 1x 5kt.
 * 2) Oxford city centre- The 1x 7kt.
 * 3) Oxford goods yard- 1x 5kt.
 * 4) Oxford University- 1x 5kt.

City of Birmingham

 * 1) Birmingham- 1 x 1.44 MT, 1x 750kt and 1 x 300 KT.
 * 2) Central Goods railway station- 1x 5kt.
 * 3) Gravelly Hill- 1x 5kt.

City of Wolverhampton

 * 1) Wolverhamton - 1x 300 KT

City of Coventry
.

City of Derby

 * 1) Derby- 1x 14kt
 * 2) Spondon- 1x 5kt

City of Kingston upon Hull
.

City of Southport
.

Soke of Peterborough

 * 1) RAF Wittering- 1x 14kt
 * 2) Peterborough- 1x 5kt

City of Crewe
.

Inverness-shire

 * 1) Fort George- 1x 5 kt

Banffshire

 * 1) Banff- 1x 5kt
 * 2) Buchan- 2x 5kt
 * 3) Buchan Radar Center of Early Detection unit-1 2x 7kt

Lanarkshire

 * 1) Motherwell- 1x5kt
 * 2) Wishaw- 1x 5kt
 * 3) RAF Abbotsinch- 1x 7kt
 * 4) Airdrie- 1x 5kt
 * 5) Rutherglen- 1x 5kt

Wigtownshire

 * 1) Stranrea dock- 1x 5kt

City of Glasgow

 * 1) Glasgow Strathkelvin- 1x 7kt.
 * 2) Rangers FC- 1x 5kt.
 * 3) Celtic FC- 1x 5kt.
 * 4) Glasgow Govan- 1x 7kt.
 * 5) Kaverna dockyard-Glasgow- 1x 14kt.
 * 6) Glasgow city center- 2x 300kt.
 * 7) Glasgow docks- 2x 14kt.
 * 8) Port of Glasgow harbour complex- 1x 14kt.
 * 9) Govan docks- 1x 14kt.
 * 10) Ravenscrage steel mill and blast furnaces- 1 x 7kt.

Monmouthshire

 * 1) Newport, Gwent- 1x 14kt.
 * 2) Neport, Gwent docks- 1x 14kt
 * 3) Neport, Gwent container port- 1x 14kt
 * 4) Neport, Gwent port- 1x 14kt
 * 5) The Uskmouth power stations - 2x 7kt
 * 6) Newport Steal works – 2 x 14kt
 * 7) Newport Alexandra docks Newport – 1 x 14kt

Glamorganshire

 * 1) Penarth – 2 x 14kt.
 * 2) MOD St Athan- 1x 14kt.
 * 3) Rhymnet Valley- 1x 14kt.
 * 4) Rhymney Merthyr Colliery- 1x 5kt.
 * 5) Tower Coliery- 1x 5kt.
 * 6) Barry Island dock- 1x 7kt.
 * 7) The Woodham Brothers scrapyard, Barry Islan- 1x 7kt.
 * 8) RAF Rhouse- 1x 14kt.
 * 9) Brigend Steel Works- 1x 14kt.
 * 10) Bridgend- 1x 5kt.

City of Cardiff

 * 1) Cardiff Airport – 1 x14kt
 * 2) Cardiff city centre- 1 x 300kt.
 * 3) Cardiff port- 1x 14kt.
 * 4) Cardiff docks 2 x 14kt.

Brecknockshire

 * 1) The Barracks, Brecon- 1x 7kt.

City of Swansea

 * 1) Swansea- 1x 300kt
 * 2) Swansea port- 1x 14kt
 * 3) Swansea docks- 2x 14kt
 * 4) Swansea Airport- 1x 14kt

Belfast City

 * 1) Belfast port- 1x 24kt
 * 2) Belfast docks- 1x 14kt
 * 3) Belfast city center- 1x 14kt
 * 4) Shots of Belfast ship yard, Belfast- 1x 14kt
 * 5) Musgrove park trading estate and quay, Belfast- 1x 14kt

County Tyrone
.

Isles of Scilly

 * 1) Not nuked!

Isles of Mann

 * 1) Not nuked!

Channel Isles

 * 1) Not nuked!

Overseas territories and colonies



 * 1) The UK Military bases on Cyprus, Akrotiri and Dhekelia - 2x 7kt hit each.
 * 2) British Indian Ocean Territory - UK military base on Diego Garcia - 2x 7kt
 * 3) Hong Kong - 1 MT
 * 4) Gibraltar - 40 KT
 * 5) All the other overseas territories  and colonies got away with it and never got nuked!

The approximate post-war population in the alternate UK (1961\51-Alt' 2019)

 * Bedfordshire
 * Berkshire- 404,000- 25,000
 * Bristol- 425,214- 1,000
 * Buckinghamshire
 * Cambridgeshire
 * Cheshire
 * Cornwall- ~450,000- ~225,000
 * County Durham
 * Cumberland
 * Derbyshire- 850,862- 175,000
 * Devon
 * Dorset
 * Essex
 * Gloucestershire
 * Hampshire N\A- Down 75%
 * Herefordshire
 * Hertfordshire
 * Huntingdonshire- N\A- Down 66%
 * Kent
 * Lancashire
 * Leicestershire
 * Lincolnshire
 * Middlesex- 2,234,543- 250,000
 * Norfolk
 * Northamptonshire
 * Northumberland
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Oxfordshire N\A- Down 66%
 * Rutland
 * Shropshire
 * Somerset
 * Staffordshire
 * Suffolk
 * Surrey
 * Sussex
 * Warwickshire
 * Westmorland
 * Wiltshire
 * Worcestershire
 * Yorkshire
 * London County- 3,200,484- 15,000
 * City of London- 5,718- 0!
 * Soke of Peterborough- 74,758- 45,000
 * Caithness
 * Sutherland
 * Ross and Cromarty
 * Inverness-shire
 * Nairnshire
 * Moray
 * Banffshire
 * Aberdeenshire
 * Kincardineshire
 * Angus
 * Perthshire
 * Argyll
 * Bute
 * Ayrshire
 * Renfrewshire
 * Dunbartonshire
 * Stirlingshire
 * Clackmannanshire
 * Kinross-shire
 * Fife
 * East Lothian
 * Midlothian
 * West Lothian
 * Lanarkshire- 524,596- 52,000
 * Peeblesshire
 * Selkirkshire
 * Berwickshire
 * Roxburghshire
 * Dumfriesshire
 * Kirkcudbrightshire
 * Wigtownshire- 31,620- 25,000
 * Zetland
 * Orkney
 * City of Edinburgh
 * City of Glasgow- 1,089,767- 1,000
 * City of Dundee
 * City of Aberdeen
 * Monmouthshire- 44,467- 25,000
 * Glamorganshire- 1,229,728- 115,000
 * Carmarthenshire
 * Pembrokeshire
 * Cardiganshire
 * Brecknockshire- 53,381- 50,000
 * Radnorshire
 * Montgomeryshire
 * Denbighshire
 * Flintshire
 * Merionethshire
 * Caernarfonshire
 * Anglesey
 * County Antrim
 * County Armagh
 * County Down
 * County Fermanagh
 * County Londonderry
 * County Tyrone
 * Isles of Scilly
 * Isles of Mann
 * Channel Isles

Also see

 * 1) Cold War
 * 2) Nukes