UK Cold War targets
From reading recent posts in the Vulcan thread, I thought a separate thread might be preferable to thread creep on that one.
Having studied the UK 'who would have got what' map at Bruntingthorpe, I was surprised to see that my neck of the woods appears to have been designated/destined to receive two buckets from the Soviets. My question is - why two?
I guess the easy first reason is that Nottingham was a population centre of worth enough to warrant one over the city centre.
But why a second one within five miles or so - slightly to the west (as it appears on the map)? The old RSG bunker is a little west of centre, but not by much, so a good yield over the city centre would surely have taken this out too. I wonder if the old 12Grp underground command station at RAF Watnall (right on my doorstep) was the more likely target? I suppose RR Hucknall would have been a possibility too, although that is a bit more north than west.
Any thoughts?