Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'nuclear weapons'

Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'nuclear weapons'.

What If The Cold War Turned Hot in The 1960s?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Cold War tensions escalated into direct military confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union, fundamentally altering global history and geopolitics.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →

What If The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Was Ratified?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States Senate ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999, potentially reshaping global nuclear non-proliferation efforts and international security for decades to come.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →

What If The Hydrogen Bomb Was Never Created?

Exploring the alternate timeline where thermonuclear weapons were never developed, dramatically altering the Cold War, nuclear proliferation, and global power dynamics in the post-WWII era.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →

What If The INF Treaty Never Happened?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States and Soviet Union failed to reach the 1987 agreement to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear forces, dramatically altering Cold War dynamics and nuclear proliferation into the 21st century.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →

What If The Limited Test Ban Treaty Never Happened?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1963 treaty banning atmospheric nuclear testing failed, leading to continued radioactive fallout, accelerated arms race, and fundamentally different environmental and geopolitical developments into the 21st century.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →

What If The Manhattan Project Failed?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States failed to develop atomic weapons during World War II, fundamentally altering the end of the war and the global power dynamics of the 20th century.

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March 22, 2025 Read More →