Operation Dropshot - Joint Crisis Committee
Introduction
As the Cold War intensified, the United States devised Operation Dropshot, a high-stakes contingency plan to counter a potential Soviet offensive. Drafted in December 1949, this plan envisioned a massive air and ground assault aimed at crippling the Soviet Union’s industrial backbone with 300 nuclear bombs and thousands of explosive munitions. With tensions rising and the Soviet Union's first successful nuclear test in 1949, the stakes had never been higher.
Designed before the advent of intercontinental ballistic missiles, Operation Dropshot sought to exploit the technological and numerical advantage the U.S. held over a war-weary Soviet Union. The strategy focused on overwhelming Soviet defenses through coordinated strikes across Europe and the Middle East, ensuring Western dominance in the evolving global order. However, with intelligence leaks and military countermeasures escalating on both sides, the fragile balance of power threatened to spiral into unprecedented conflict.
Agenda
In this committee, there are two blocs (or alliances). The first bloc is the capitalist countries, i.e. the United States, the United Kingdom, France, etc. The other bloc is the communist bloc containing countries such as the Soviet Union, and other nations of the Warsaw pact. The committee revolves around Operation Dropshot, a U.S. military contingency plan in case of Soviet invasion. In our committee, this plan has been leaked to the Soviet Union including the plans for widespread nuclear attack. It is up to your deliberation and action, as delegates, to see the plan of action both blocs should follow. Will the world be engulfed in a war, or will peace prevail?