LOST TAPES // ANALOG HORROR

In 1983, NATO countries took part in Able Archer, a military exercise designed to simulate a transition from conventional to nuclear warfare. It heightened tensions with the Soviet Union, who feared it may have been a ruse to hide plans for a genuine nuclear first strike.

Thankfully, nothing came of it and a conflict never materialised. But what if it did? What if it was the moment the Cold War went Hot?

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This is an attempt to depict how a nuclear war could have unfolded between NATO and the Soviet Union, through the eyes of a television viewer in the UK.

This alternate history/analog horror/EAS scenario was inspired by the following…

Threads (1984)
Jakob Hill (The Watershed)
The Last Broadcast
YP EAS

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