This article contains a summary of the fate of various cities in the
American fictional
drama/
adventure television series Jericho.
The attack
According to episode "
A.K.A.", the attacks destroyed twenty-three major American cities. The bombs used in the attacks were brought in by the
U.S. government. After the
Soviet Union fell, neglected military and the satellite republics started selling their nuclear stockpiles on the
black market. So the
Central Intelligence Agency started an operation; "Project Red Bell". The objective of the project was to obtain that material by any and all means necessary, but a few years before the events of the series a shipment disappeared on its way to the
Department of Energy storage compound in
Oak Ridge.
Those
warheads were converted into twenty-five 20-kiloton devices, which were disseminated to extremist cells active within the United States. It was a cross-section of "
domestic militia,
anarchists, and
religious fanatics" — terrorist groups that would never ordinarily collaborate, ideologically or politically. The only thing that connected them was the desire to take down the federal government of the United States. The entire plan was orchestrated by someone with deep resources, an ability to coordinate diverse groups, and by all indications, an American.
After someone (believed to be Thomas Valente) tipped off the terrorists about the government's knowledge of the plot, they moved up the timetable...
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