Nuclear weapon (Red Alert)

Nuclear weapons (warheads basing on fission or fusion reaction for destruction) were invented during the Great War between the Allies and the Soviets by the latter. One of the key figures of the project was Vladimir Kosygin, a high ranking officer in the Red Army that defected to the Allies upon realizing the destructive potential of these weapons. Once within their custody, he revealed the location of Dark Horseman, a nuclear weapons research base in Siberia. The Allies assaulted the base, but once the Soviets took notice of the advancing forces, and launched an attack against European cities. Quickly, the control center was infiltrated and with help from Tanya Adams, the missiles were disarmed mid-flight, with one landing on the front lawn of the Parliament building in London, with a harmless 2 kiloton warhead (unarmed).

The Soviets continued to manufacture low-yield weapons, but Allies repeatedly intercepted and destroyed these convoys, limiting the possibility of the weapons being actually used against them, except for a single missile that was launched on advancing Allied forces on the outskirts of Moscow.

During GWWII, the United States had begun developing their own nuclear weapons and deployment systems. This securied their status as a superpower after the conflict. Unlike the USSR, the US decided to use nuclear weapons as a detrerent aginst invasion.

In the opening stages of Great World War III, the United States ordered a nuclear retailation on the USSR for their invasion. However, Yuri's psyhic technology neturalized the Allied nuclear capabilties.

Great War World II
During the Great War, nuclear weapons were equivalent to large scale napalm runs, capable of killing infantry within its effects, but doing little to moderate damage to buildings or vehicles within its effects. However, it could be fired anywhere the owner wished via a nuclear missile silo, and its radius of destruction gave made it a viable option. Note that the above description applied only to military structures. Against unprotected civilians, nuclear weaponry would be extremely deadly, necessitating the Allies' raid against the first four nuclear missile silos to be deployed by the Soviets.

The nuclear weapons were launched from a nuclear silo that had heavy armor and required a large amount of power. Once launched, they could not be stopped by any regular means. With the defeat of the USSR, the nuclear stockpiles were seized, however, the Brotherhood of Nod seems to have acquired a number of these decomissioned warheads, and as allegedly they played a large role in the USSR they could've faked the number of missiles manufactured.

Great War World III
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