What about the rest of the world?
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IMDb_wanderer — 11 years ago(December 27, 2014 04:37 AM)
Don't be so sure.
Pine Gap in central Australia would be a huge target, as well as Nurrungar in South Australia (which was actually so strategic that the Soviets had it as a top ten target), Amberley RAAF base (so Brisbane is gone), Darwin (because of the bases there), Canberra (centre of government), probably Townsville, Perth and Adelaide (same reason as Darwin, and Adelaide can house submarines), possibly Tidbinbilla too (won't want to leave a Space Communication complex lying about after a nuclear war if you're an enemy power).
And that's only military/government targets. The ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia would be enough of a target, along with Mount Isa, possibly Weipa, and Kidston in FNQ (biggest gold mine in Australia during the early 1980s, when Threads is set) would be the economic targets. And of course, if you want civilian targets on top of all that, there's Sydney and Melbourne.
So Australia wouldn't be left alone.
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fast_cash — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 06:10 PM)
There was an interesting write up recently on the Dailymail which showed the likely targets of the USA:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3588721/Is-home-risk-Terrifying-map-reveals-devastation-nuclear-fallout-cause-Europe-s-popular-cities.html
The targets of the USSR was generally USA, UK, Canada (irregardless of commitment), most of Western Europe, Japan (Those pesky disputed islands).
Non USSRs targets were all of Africa, South Asia, India and the subcontinent, Australia (even with its US radar bases). So half the world isn't being directly affected.
Both USSR and USA agreed to set their nuclear targets from major cities to naval/sea targets in the 80s, though this was never a guarantee.