![]() ![]() ![]() On April 5, 1996, when North Korea sent armed forces into the Panmunjom area, in an attempt to nullify the Armistice Agreement, WATCHCON had been escalated from III to II. WATCHCON II was issued in February 1982, when NK IL-28 bombers were forward deployed and Air Force exercises commenced in all regions of North Korea. When issued, a variety of surveillance and analysis activities are conducted using intelligence satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, electronic signals, etc. WATCHCON II is issued when there are signs of eminent danger and significant threat to the national interest.In October 1992, WATCHCON IV was escalated to III after NK cut off talks with the South and proclaimed state of quasi-wartime. When issued, duties of the intelligence personnel are strengthened and enemy situation/movements are closely monitored. WATCHCON III is issued when there is concern for an increased threat against the national security.WATCHCON IV is a normal situation with a potential threat, where continued surveillance is required.WATCHCON V is a normal situation without any unusual military movements.Nuclear War Simulator is available now on Steam (opens in new tab) for $30/£24/€25.Watch Condition (WATCHCON), an intelligence surveillance posture in monitoring NK military activities, is composed of five levels. By releasing NWS on Steam I hope that we can educate as many people as possible on this topic and together contribute to solving this problem and making our world safer." "Nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to human civilization. "One of the goals and one of the biggest challenges when making NWS was to make it not only realistic but also interactive and easy to use by non-experts. "Computer games are some of the most important sources of education today," Stepanov said. ![]() Both of those games have found sizable audiences on Steam, and he hopes NWS will be of interest to the general public too. Steam Workshop support is also a possibility, although Nuclear War Simulator already has mod support through mod.io (opens in new tab), where you can find add-ons like Cold War (Mid '50s), Taiwan Strait Hypothetical, Romanian Infrastructure Multi Plans, and various loading screens.Īs for what prompted him to release it on Steam in the first place, Stepanov said Nuclear War Simulator is an "educational sandbox" similar to games like Kerbal Space Program (opens in new tab) or SpaceEngine (opens in new tab). He's also looking at improving the depiction of individual humans in the sim, "to make the simulation more personal." ![]() While the Steam release of Nuclear War Simulator has come a long way compared to the original standalone version, Stepanov has a number of ideas about how to continue developing it, ranging from improvements to graphics and UI to the addition of new nuclear strike effects and the expansion of civilian and military asset databases. Then, an AI can be activated to run the scenarios with minimal input." With only a few clicks, users can place all US and Russian nuclear weapons at their real location. "If you want to create scenarios yourself, there is now a database of all currently deployed (unclassified) types of nuclear weapons and there are databases of where the weapons are stationed. "The simulation now has a number of tutorials teaching basic functions and there are 30 premade scenarios coming with the simulation so that new users can jump in without any expert knowledge. "While this software is not a game in the classical sense (there are no predefined goals and no rewards) the user interface is intentionally very similar to a game and should be familiar to most people," Stepanov said. Speaking to PC Gamer, developer Stepanov said the Steam version of Nuclear War Simulator has been upgraded considerably from the original release, to make it both more detailed and more accessible. Using a high-resolution population density map and realistic weapon effects like blast, heat and radiation you can make an estimate of how many people will die in a conflict." "You can design warheads, missiles and carriers, place them on the map, and execute attack plans to tell a credible story about how nuclear conflicts play out and what are the consequences. "This software should help you answer the question: what will happen if Russia and the United States or India and Pakistan use their arsenals?" the Steam page says, boldly ignoring the easy answer that those things would be very bad indeed. Integrated early warning and Missile Defence systems.Individual civilians moving on the map and taking shelter.Sandbox to design weapon systems and build conflict scenarios.Realistic delivery systems, up-to-date full known arsenal of main world powers.Detailed effects of nuclear weapons, accurate reports on affects/results (including but not limited to radiation zones, casualties and fires). ![]()
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