The Effects of Nuclear War
Chapter IV
CASE 3: A COUNTERFORCE ATTACK AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION
As in the case of the Soviet counterforce attack on the United States (described in the previous section), the main threat to the civilian population, economy, and society is derived from fallout, while the damage done to the strategic forces is outside the scope of this study. Here too OTA drew on the executive branch for calculations, and here too the uncertainties are very great.