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{{Infobox civilian attack
{{Infobox nuclear weapons by country
|title = Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot
| country_name = Kiravia
|image_size = 250px
| image_location = File:Poland_dummy_map.png
|image = ZakanRotCloud.png
| program_start = 21116 ([[Kiravian Union]])<br> 21124 ([[Rump Republic]])
|alt =  
| first_test = 21122 ([[KU]])<br>21129 ([[Rump Republic|KFR]])
|caption = The {{wp|mushroom cloud}} over Zakan Rot following detonation of the bomb
| first_fusion =  
|location = Zakan Rot, [[Seneca Islands|West Seneca]], [[Varshan]]
| last_test = Last week, bitch
|date = 24 February 2022
| largest_yield =
|time = 7:01 AM
| total_tests = Unknown
|timezone =  
| peak_stockpile =  
|type = {{unbulleted list |[[Nuclear weapon|Atomic bombing]] |[[Suicide attack]]}}
| current_stockpile =  
|target = [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] (specifically)<br>Zakan Rot (generally)
| current_usable_stockpile =  
|fatalities = 120,000+
| current_usable_stockpile_megatonnage =  
|injuries = 200,000+
| maximum_range =  
|perps = [[Varshan]]
| NPT_party =  
|partof = [[Final War of the Deluge]]
|numparts =  
}}
}}


The '''Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot''' was the detonation of an atomic bomb in the city of Zakan Rot, [[Seneca Islands]], by the government of [[Varshan]]. The explosion was aimed at disrupting the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] campaign in the [[Seneca Islands]] generally and was intended to destroy the port city specifically. It was the first use of a nuclear weapon in combat during the [[Second Great War]]. Multiple observers and the [[League of Nations]] described the bombing as a "war crime" due to the significant civilian casualties that resulted from the blast, nearly all of which were Varshani citizens. The bombing also had significant negative economic, ecological, and humanitarian impacts on the [[Seneca Islands]]. It also directly resulted in the [[Atomic bombing of Shimrra]].
As a major military power, the Kiravian Federacy openly possesses {{wp|CBRN|nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons}} and weapon delivery systems, and continues to actively conduct research and development in all three weapons classes. Deployment of the latter two classes in warfare is illegal under the [[Code of the League of Nations]] 3.2.2, though the Kiravian government maintains that its continued research activities are for the purpose of defence against an aggressor's chemical and biological weapons and complies with international law. Kiravian governments past and present have been highly opaque about the details of their WMD programmes, and official information released on the topic is widely regarded as unreliable.


==Background==
==Nuclear Weapons==
{{Main|Operation Jonah}}
The Federacy currently claims to possess 2,420 nuclear warheads, with between 1,000 and 1,200 active at any given time. While it is generally agreed that the Kiravian nuclear arsenal is larger than disclosed, estimates as to how much the actual count differs from the official one range from as low as 300 to as high as 2,000.


As part of the [[Final War of the Deluge]], [[Alstin|Alstinian]] and [[Urcea|Urcean]] forces successfully invaded the island of [[Seneca Islands|West Seneca]] and removed [[Varshan|Varshani]] control over the island as part of [[Operation Jonah]]. As [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] forces continued to advance towards the last major holdout at Zakan Rot, Varshani military forces believed they could no longer control the island or port. The location of Zakan Rot put the Varshani mainland at risk of invasion in addition to the threat posed to East Seneca. By 18 January, Varshani forces determined that the port would be denied to the Occidental forces "by any means necessary". On 22 January, a 300 kt tactical nuclear device was smuggled onto the island. Over the course of February, the defense of the city was mounted in such a way to draw as many Royal and Imperial Army forces into the city as possible, including the creation of "ghost cells" throughout the geographical expanse of the city. On February 23, the Zurg of [[Varshan]] gave the order to detonate the device when local commanders believed most convenient.
The Federacy is able to deploy these warheads through the nuclear triad of {{wp|long-range strategic bombers}}, {{wp|intercontinental ballistic missiles}}, and {{wp|submarine-launched ballistic missiles}}, giving it a credible {{wp|second-strike capability}}.


==Detonation==
===Nuclear Programme History===
At 7:01 AM a nuclear warhead was detonated in the [[Varshan|Varshani]] city of Zakan Rot on the island of West Seneca. Later that day, the government of [[Varshan]] claimed responsibility, stating that the blast was "justifiable in order to prevent the Occidentals from pointing a gun at the heart of our nation".
Two nuclear programmes proceeded in parallel in the [[Kiravian Union]] (from 21116) and the rump [[Kiravian Federal Republic]] (from 21124), as part of a broader worldwide process of nuclear proliferation. The Kiravian Union's programme was undertaken to provide a deterrent against invasion by capitalist powers, while the KFR programme had dual goals of deterring against a hypothetical amphibious invasion of KFR-held [[Æonara]], [[Atrassica]], or [[Porfíria]] by the Kiravian Union, as well as aiding in {{wp|Project National Glory}}. Given these priorities, both programmes focused on the development of strategic weapons, though the KFR worked with [foreign country] to amass a small arsenal of {{wp|tactical nuclear weapons}} for the purpose of defending Kiravian [[Cusinaut]] from aggression by surrounding native Cronite states.


==Aftermath==
Both governments conducted most of their nuclear tests at sea, though the Kiravian Union had surface test sites in the Miradèt Desert and extreme northern [[Koskenkorva]]. The KFR used underground facilities in the mountains of [[Umcara|Umcara State]] and the Saxalin Islands for much of its research and at least five final-stage tests.
Countries around the world immediately responded with condemnation of the decision by the Varshani military, with [[Ardmore]] and [[the Cape]] joining the allied cause and pledging support in humanitarian and military capacities.


===Geopolitical response===
===Nuclear Doctrine===
===={{flag|Koré'hetanùa}}====
Kiravian nuclear doctrine has always been reactive and focused on self-preservation. Prime Executive [[Kexarin Rénkédar]], under whose tenure the Federacy solidified its second-strike capability, grimly described the effort as “[O]ur hypothetical last stand. It exists to ensure that if Kiravia and the enemy devastate each other beyond recognition in a nuclear holocaust, there will be a handful of Kiravians left standing and zero enemy nationals.” His successor, Irasur Mérovin, echoed this sentiment, saying “Nuclear issues are existential issues. By obtaining nuclear arms, we have definitively secured our island continent against invasion. If we ever deploy them, it will be because we have no alternative, but make no mistake, if we discharge nuclear arms in combat, it will be, and must be, to annihilate the enemy.
Stateholder Nójana Hèùriqı met with advisors and stakeholders after the nuclear detonation in Zakan Rot as to how to best address the situation. The Hèùriqı administration had previously instituted a maritime exclusion zone for all commercial maritime traffic surrounding Varshan and had met with Varshani leaders in the capital of Anzo to discuss diplomatic relations between the two states. However, as soon as evidence was released of the Varshan army detonating the nuclear warhead and killing its own civilians Koré'hetanùa immediately cut all ties with Varshan and declared war. Though previously an outspoken advocate for reducing hostilities in Varshan, Koré'hetanùa became a member state of the alliance against Varshan.


===Military response===
Under most circumstances, a nuclear strike requires the authorisation of the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Prime Executive]]. However, certain nuclear missiles, such as those deployed on nuclear submarines, may be deployed on orders given from further down the chain of command. This is to enable the Federacy to carry out a second strike on the enemy following an initial nuclear exchange, during which the Prime Executive (and others in the order of succession) would likely be killed and the Federacy’s command-and-control infrastructure damaged.
===={{flag|Daxia}}====
{{Main|Atomic bombing of Shimrra}}
Daxia responded with a reciprocal nuclear strike against Varshan in the city of Shimmra. The nuclear strike was ordered personally by Daxian Chancellor Prib Dodd and occurred a few hours after the atomic bombing of Zakan Rot. Daxia was previously fighting [[Varshan]] in the [[Final War of the Deluge]] from its overseas dependency of Xisheng.


===={{flag|Nahe}}====
The [[Prime Executive]], [[Second Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Second Executive]], Chief Defence Executive, Supreme General, Field General of the Strategic Missile Command, and [[Emergency Backup Executive]] are all accompanied by nuclear briefcases (Kiravic: ''Atomovilemuvya'') when away from fixed command-and-control centres. According to a response to a press inquiry permitted by Prime Executive Rénkédar, the Prime Executive’s nuclear briefcase contains a booklet detailing the Federacy’s nuclear strike options and guidance on how to select one, a booklet describing continuity-of-government procedures and the locations of secure bunkers, a sealed envelope containing launch codes printed on a plastic card, unsigned letters delegating national command authority to others, instructions for activating emergency warning systems, a satellite phone, backup radio uplink, pens, a blank notepad, iodine pills, and a pair of sunglasses. According to former Chancellor [[Sārden Ēvūrverd]], [[Ivardus Kólsylvar|Prime Executive Kólsylvar]] once privately told him that the briefcase also contained a bottle of whiskey, two shot glasses, a pack of cigarettes and magnesium lighter, a watch, and a pack of pine-flavoured chewing gum. This report remains unconfirmed.
The Nahean Ministry of Defense announced the creation of the Nahe Expeditionary Force in response to the atomic bombing of Zakan Rot. Under the command of Marshal Isaak Schwan, volunteers from within the Nahe Armed Forces joined to later be deployed in Varshan. Additionally, the Nahe Navy announced the 3rd Fleet would join the Expeditionary Force and would be mobilized to the Seneca Straits.


===={{flag|Koré'hetanùa}}====
==Chemical Weapons==
Koré'hetanùa responded by having three naval task forces, Task Force Cartesia (operating out of Anta Carda), Task Force Orixtal (operating out of [[Seváronsa]]), and Task Force Coscivian Northwest (operating out of Porfiria) join into the Varshan Battle Fleet for the remainder of the Final War of the Deluge. Task Forces Cartesia and Orixtal were tasked with aiding in the naval blockade of Varshan while Task Force Coscivian Northwest was tasked with engaging Varshani aerial and naval combatants in the Seneca Isles with Urcean units.
The Kiravian Federacy maintains large stockpiles of chemical weapons and active chemical weapons research, manufacturing, and training programmes.


===={{flag|Urcea}}====
Kiravian forces deployed chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas against enemy troops in [X War 21090s] and [Y War 21120s], and made limited use of nerve and blood agents in the Great Oceanic War. White phosphorous munitions were employed on numerous occasions for both incendiary and chemical effects between the 21100s and 21150s. The mainland Kiravian chemical weapons programme remained quite active between 21113 and 21153. Evidence has surfaced that the Kirosocialist government may have developed mechanisms for using a number of unusual (and extremely dangerous) compounds such as {{wp|dimethylmercury}}, {{wp|cyclopentadienyl nickel nitrosyl}}, {{wp|methiocarb}}, {{wp|dioxin}}, {{wp|lysergic acid diethylamide}}, and various heavy metals and biotic toxins as weapons. Recent investigations have raised some suspicion that the Kirosocialist government may have undertaken some of this research with the aim of fielding chemical weapons against Kiravian civilians in the event of an uprising or civil war.
{{Main|Operation Ascendant Justice}}


===Humanitarian relief efforts===
[[File:"Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev" new building.jpg|thumb|Míhanska Head Defence Laboratory, a known chemical weapons facility in [[Hanoram]].]]


[[Category: Crona]]
Chemical weapons research continued after Kirosocialism, with an emphasis on delivery methods and a focus on nerve, blood, and psychoactive agents. The manufacture of lethal compounds, however, was scaled back significantly, most likely due to the size of the stockpile already accumulated.
[[Category: Varshan]]
 
[[Category: Final War of the Deluge]]
===Chemical Weapons Doctrine===
[[Category: The Deluge]]
The standing Kiravian policy towards its chemical arsenal is to reserve it for defencive use. According to a 21205 Defence Executive memorandum: “The principal application envisioned for the Kiravian chemical arsenal is to deter against and, if necessary, decisively repel a ground invasion of the Home Islands, Æonara, Sydona, or another colonised landmass of commensurate size and strategic value.” According to the memorandum, chemical weapons fill potential “gaps” in the efficacy of a nuclear deterrent against a ground invasion engendered by the risk of mutually-assured destruction and other factors that might make civilian leadership hesitant to deploy nuclear weapons and therefore raise the probability of Kiravian {{wp|commitment issues}} in the enemy’s calculations. Put more simply, whereas nuclear weapons carry the risk of inviting rapid retaliation in kind with massive, possibly existential consequences for the user if deployed, and therefore give the enemy reason to doubt Kiravian willingness to use them defencively, chemical weapons do not carry the same risks. Because they can be used as a tactical rather than strategic weapon, killing enemy troops in large numbers while causing significant psychological damage, chemical weapons can significantly reduce an invading power’s capacity and willingness to fight without precipitating a catastrophic nuclear exchange.
[[Category: IXWB]]
 
According to Prime Executive Andrus Candrin, “The Federacy has the capability to wage offencive chemical warfare if necessary, but we have determined that doing so would be both dangerous and militarily not worthwhile. The vast majority of our chemical arsenal is in long-term storage at a very low level of readiness. It would take some time to mobilise if ordered. I can say with confidence that only a handful of chemical weapons, if any, are ready for immediate deployment at any given time.” Independent observers and foreign intelligence agencies have disputed the veracity of this statement.
 
Authorisation from the Prime Executive is required for the initial retaliatory use of chemical weapons, after which the military chain of command may discharge them as necessary. A great deal of secrecy continues to surround the Kiravian chemical weapons programme, and doubts have been raised as to the accuracy of government-published information on the topic.
 
===Suspected Deployment in the Yaviža Gap===
 
==Biological Weapons==
[[File:David Boswell Reid laboratory.jpg|thumb|Pen-and-ink drawing of a Kiravian Army Medical Corps laboratory in [[Kannur]].]]
The Kiravian Federacy acknowledges that it possesses weaponised biological agents and the means of deploying them, and that it maintains ongoing research into biological warfare. Beyond this, negligible information about the Kiravian biological weapons programme has been disclosed by government sources, and spokesmen for the Defence and Security Executives have categorically refused to comment as to what agents the Federacy possesses or is researching, where research is taking place, and how or against whom such weapons might be used, except for assurances that any deployment would be in self-defence. Most available information has come from sporadic leaks.
 
Classified [[Kiravian Defence Executive|Defence Executive]] documents released by the {{wp|hacktivist}} website [[AkbarLeaks]] in 21204 show that the Kiravian Army Medical Corps' Research & Development Wing has conducted experiments studying {{wp|lassa fever}}, {{wp|hantaviruses}}, {{wp|diphtheria}}, {{wp|tularaemia}}, {{wp|Coccidioides immitis}}, and a mysterious agent called "(Bola Remix)" (parentheses in original), believed to be a modified strain of {{wp|ebola}}. The official {{wp|zine}} of the [[Minor Kiravian Political Parties#Civilian Ecological Party|Civilian Ecological Party]] published an article alleging that the Defence Executive is developing {{wp|entomological warfare}} capabilities, and has conducted field tests on at least two occasions since the end of Kirosocialism at sites in [[South Kirav]].
 
A number of unverified sources have claimed that the Federacy is investigating or may even possess prototypes of “ethnospecific” bioweapons effective only against specific populations, while others have speculated that Kiravian bioweapons research is more likely focused on agricultural targets.
 
[[Category:IXWB]]
[[Category:KRV]]
[[Category:Military]]

Latest revision as of 17:29, 30 April 2023

Kiravia
Location of Kiravia
Nuclear program start date21116 (Kiravian Union)
21124 (Rump Republic)
First nuclear weapon test21122 (KU)
21129 (KFR)
Last nuclear testLast week, bitch
Total testsUnknown

As a major military power, the Kiravian Federacy openly possesses nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and weapon delivery systems, and continues to actively conduct research and development in all three weapons classes. Deployment of the latter two classes in warfare is illegal under the Code of the League of Nations 3.2.2, though the Kiravian government maintains that its continued research activities are for the purpose of defence against an aggressor's chemical and biological weapons and complies with international law. Kiravian governments past and present have been highly opaque about the details of their WMD programmes, and official information released on the topic is widely regarded as unreliable.

Nuclear Weapons

The Federacy currently claims to possess 2,420 nuclear warheads, with between 1,000 and 1,200 active at any given time. While it is generally agreed that the Kiravian nuclear arsenal is larger than disclosed, estimates as to how much the actual count differs from the official one range from as low as 300 to as high as 2,000.

The Federacy is able to deploy these warheads through the nuclear triad of long-range strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, giving it a credible second-strike capability.

Nuclear Programme History

Two nuclear programmes proceeded in parallel in the Kiravian Union (from 21116) and the rump Kiravian Federal Republic (from 21124), as part of a broader worldwide process of nuclear proliferation. The Kiravian Union's programme was undertaken to provide a deterrent against invasion by capitalist powers, while the KFR programme had dual goals of deterring against a hypothetical amphibious invasion of KFR-held Æonara, Atrassica, or Porfíria by the Kiravian Union, as well as aiding in Project National Glory. Given these priorities, both programmes focused on the development of strategic weapons, though the KFR worked with [foreign country] to amass a small arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons for the purpose of defending Kiravian Cusinaut from aggression by surrounding native Cronite states.

Both governments conducted most of their nuclear tests at sea, though the Kiravian Union had surface test sites in the Miradèt Desert and extreme northern Koskenkorva. The KFR used underground facilities in the mountains of Umcara State and the Saxalin Islands for much of its research and at least five final-stage tests.

Nuclear Doctrine

Kiravian nuclear doctrine has always been reactive and focused on self-preservation. Prime Executive Kexarin Rénkédar, under whose tenure the Federacy solidified its second-strike capability, grimly described the effort as “[O]ur hypothetical last stand. It exists to ensure that if Kiravia and the enemy devastate each other beyond recognition in a nuclear holocaust, there will be a handful of Kiravians left standing and zero enemy nationals.” His successor, Irasur Mérovin, echoed this sentiment, saying “Nuclear issues are existential issues. By obtaining nuclear arms, we have definitively secured our island continent against invasion. If we ever deploy them, it will be because we have no alternative, but make no mistake, if we discharge nuclear arms in combat, it will be, and must be, to annihilate the enemy.”

Under most circumstances, a nuclear strike requires the authorisation of the Prime Executive. However, certain nuclear missiles, such as those deployed on nuclear submarines, may be deployed on orders given from further down the chain of command. This is to enable the Federacy to carry out a second strike on the enemy following an initial nuclear exchange, during which the Prime Executive (and others in the order of succession) would likely be killed and the Federacy’s command-and-control infrastructure damaged.

The Prime Executive, Second Executive, Chief Defence Executive, Supreme General, Field General of the Strategic Missile Command, and Emergency Backup Executive are all accompanied by nuclear briefcases (Kiravic: Atomovilemuvya) when away from fixed command-and-control centres. According to a response to a press inquiry permitted by Prime Executive Rénkédar, the Prime Executive’s nuclear briefcase contains a booklet detailing the Federacy’s nuclear strike options and guidance on how to select one, a booklet describing continuity-of-government procedures and the locations of secure bunkers, a sealed envelope containing launch codes printed on a plastic card, unsigned letters delegating national command authority to others, instructions for activating emergency warning systems, a satellite phone, backup radio uplink, pens, a blank notepad, iodine pills, and a pair of sunglasses. According to former Chancellor Sārden Ēvūrverd, Prime Executive Kólsylvar once privately told him that the briefcase also contained a bottle of whiskey, two shot glasses, a pack of cigarettes and magnesium lighter, a watch, and a pack of pine-flavoured chewing gum. This report remains unconfirmed.

Chemical Weapons

The Kiravian Federacy maintains large stockpiles of chemical weapons and active chemical weapons research, manufacturing, and training programmes.

Kiravian forces deployed chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas against enemy troops in [X War 21090s] and [Y War 21120s], and made limited use of nerve and blood agents in the Great Oceanic War. White phosphorous munitions were employed on numerous occasions for both incendiary and chemical effects between the 21100s and 21150s. The mainland Kiravian chemical weapons programme remained quite active between 21113 and 21153. Evidence has surfaced that the Kirosocialist government may have developed mechanisms for using a number of unusual (and extremely dangerous) compounds such as dimethylmercury, cyclopentadienyl nickel nitrosyl, methiocarb, dioxin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and various heavy metals and biotic toxins as weapons. Recent investigations have raised some suspicion that the Kirosocialist government may have undertaken some of this research with the aim of fielding chemical weapons against Kiravian civilians in the event of an uprising or civil war.

Míhanska Head Defence Laboratory, a known chemical weapons facility in Hanoram.

Chemical weapons research continued after Kirosocialism, with an emphasis on delivery methods and a focus on nerve, blood, and psychoactive agents. The manufacture of lethal compounds, however, was scaled back significantly, most likely due to the size of the stockpile already accumulated.

Chemical Weapons Doctrine

The standing Kiravian policy towards its chemical arsenal is to reserve it for defencive use. According to a 21205 Defence Executive memorandum: “The principal application envisioned for the Kiravian chemical arsenal is to deter against and, if necessary, decisively repel a ground invasion of the Home Islands, Æonara, Sydona, or another colonised landmass of commensurate size and strategic value.” According to the memorandum, chemical weapons fill potential “gaps” in the efficacy of a nuclear deterrent against a ground invasion engendered by the risk of mutually-assured destruction and other factors that might make civilian leadership hesitant to deploy nuclear weapons and therefore raise the probability of Kiravian commitment issues in the enemy’s calculations. Put more simply, whereas nuclear weapons carry the risk of inviting rapid retaliation in kind with massive, possibly existential consequences for the user if deployed, and therefore give the enemy reason to doubt Kiravian willingness to use them defencively, chemical weapons do not carry the same risks. Because they can be used as a tactical rather than strategic weapon, killing enemy troops in large numbers while causing significant psychological damage, chemical weapons can significantly reduce an invading power’s capacity and willingness to fight without precipitating a catastrophic nuclear exchange.

According to Prime Executive Andrus Candrin, “The Federacy has the capability to wage offencive chemical warfare if necessary, but we have determined that doing so would be both dangerous and militarily not worthwhile. The vast majority of our chemical arsenal is in long-term storage at a very low level of readiness. It would take some time to mobilise if ordered. I can say with confidence that only a handful of chemical weapons, if any, are ready for immediate deployment at any given time.” Independent observers and foreign intelligence agencies have disputed the veracity of this statement.

Authorisation from the Prime Executive is required for the initial retaliatory use of chemical weapons, after which the military chain of command may discharge them as necessary. A great deal of secrecy continues to surround the Kiravian chemical weapons programme, and doubts have been raised as to the accuracy of government-published information on the topic.

Suspected Deployment in the Yaviža Gap

Biological Weapons

Pen-and-ink drawing of a Kiravian Army Medical Corps laboratory in Kannur.

The Kiravian Federacy acknowledges that it possesses weaponised biological agents and the means of deploying them, and that it maintains ongoing research into biological warfare. Beyond this, negligible information about the Kiravian biological weapons programme has been disclosed by government sources, and spokesmen for the Defence and Security Executives have categorically refused to comment as to what agents the Federacy possesses or is researching, where research is taking place, and how or against whom such weapons might be used, except for assurances that any deployment would be in self-defence. Most available information has come from sporadic leaks.

Classified Defence Executive documents released by the hacktivist website AkbarLeaks in 21204 show that the Kiravian Army Medical Corps' Research & Development Wing has conducted experiments studying lassa fever, hantaviruses, diphtheria, tularaemia, Coccidioides immitis, and a mysterious agent called "(Bola Remix)" (parentheses in original), believed to be a modified strain of ebola. The official zine of the Civilian Ecological Party published an article alleging that the Defence Executive is developing entomological warfare capabilities, and has conducted field tests on at least two occasions since the end of Kirosocialism at sites in South Kirav.

A number of unverified sources have claimed that the Federacy is investigating or may even possess prototypes of “ethnospecific” bioweapons effective only against specific populations, while others have speculated that Kiravian bioweapons research is more likely focused on agricultural targets.