1963 AD
There is a lot of text in this update, and it is written in time line format for effect.
The France-Soviet Missile Standoff became the France-Soviet Missile Crisis on
3 June 1963 when the Soviet Union tested it's second Nuclear missile. International reaction was almost non-existent, most governments wanted to pretend it never happened. The Soviet's were heavily funded for this project by their allies. The French response was raising of the DARS (Defense Alert Readiness System) to level 2, (with one being war) which is the second time in the history of the DARS system to happen. America responded by raising the DEFCON level to 2 as well.
On
9 June 1963 France tested a thermonuclear bomb in response to the Soviet missile test, only six days earlier. The missile had been in production for a while, but was not to be tested until September of 1963.
The crisis worsened on
11 June 1963 when Germany announced it would be producing Nuclear weaponry in response to the Soviet's aggressiveness in their policies regarding other NATO-aligned states, and felt it was necessary as the Soviet Union occupied their entire northern border.
The crisis deepened further on
13 June 1963 as Germany sealed off it's entire border to the Soviet Union, which left most NATO states fearing Soviet reaction.
On
17 June 1963 France announced 12,000 troops would be sent to maintain the closure of the Soviet-German Border.
Soviet-German Border
On
19 June 1963, France sent 10,000 workers to Germany to help construct forts across half of the Soviet-German border, while Germany would complete the other half.
The crisis again worsened on
21 June 1963 when Germany sent 10 ICBM's to cities close to the Soviet-German Border.
On
22 June 1963, after a request from France, Germany retreated 5 of the ICBM's, however, this did not relieve tensions.
To be continued in the next part.