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<blockquote data-quote="JacktheRabbit" data-source="post: 401502" data-attributes="member: 525">How realistic do you want it to be?TO make it to 2010 there has to be some sort of major war. The Soviet Union would never survive otherwise. As early as the early 80's the Soviets were spending over 50% of their entire budget on their military to keep pace with a USA that was never spending even a third that much of their budget.This created the huge strain that pushed Gorby to try his various initiatives that caused his country to collapse.Here is one idea for you. The USSR through various means survives to the 1990 without falling apart. Part of this is through the death of Gorby and the hardliners clamping down on the country even more.Then Desert Storm happens, during the war the Iraqi's detonate several dirty bombs on the arabian penninsula. This results in the USA retaliating with several small nukes. The USA still wins the war but a huge portion of the worlds oil supply becomes irradiated.This saves the USSR who have large untapped oil reserves. Soviet oil pours into the west at an unprecedented rate. The money coming in saves the collapsing Communist economy and gives it a new lease on life. By 2010 the Soviets are back down to spending 20-30% of their total ecomony on their military.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JacktheRabbit, post: 401502, member: 525"] How realistic do you want it to be? TO make it to 2010 there has to be some sort of major war. The Soviet Union would never survive otherwise. As early as the early 80's the Soviets were spending over 50% of their entire budget on their military to keep pace with a USA that was never spending even a third that much of their budget. This created the huge strain that pushed Gorby to try his various initiatives that caused his country to collapse. Here is one idea for you. The USSR through various means survives to the 1990 without falling apart. Part of this is through the death of Gorby and the hardliners clamping down on the country even more. Then Desert Storm happens, during the war the Iraqi's detonate several dirty bombs on the arabian penninsula. This results in the USA retaliating with several small nukes. The USA still wins the war but a huge portion of the worlds oil supply becomes irradiated. This saves the USSR who have large untapped oil reserves. Soviet oil pours into the west at an unprecedented rate. The money coming in saves the collapsing Communist economy and gives it a new lease on life. By 2010 the Soviets are back down to spending 20-30% of their total ecomony on their military. [/QUOTE]

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