Should We Prepare for a Nuclear Conflict?

Just remember, that for the first time in World History, if some lunatic decides to start a nuclear war, that guy is not assured of his own survival! Even crazy guys who start wars want to survive...that's a big deal! Accordingly, I think it is unlikely this will happen...
 

Timewise 60+ said:
Just remember, that for the first time in World History, if some lunatic decides to start a nuclear war, that guy is not assured of his own survival! Even crazy guys who start wars want to survive...that's a big deal! Accordingly, I think it is unlikely this will happen...
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I don't know... after all, the true meaning of crazy:
mentally deranged; demented; insane. Informal. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd:
Tough nut when dealing with insanity.
 
IMHO one no longer has to be a military strategist to know that in every friend or foe, ally or antagonist conflict involving anything on this planet our military has, does now and always will have boots on the ground in very close proximity to whomever has the most to lose or gain depending on the favored outcome. Some of those boots are publicly referred to as military advisors. Some of these boots are believed to have had their military records scrubbed and slipped into the regime as private military contractors. Don't know if that's even possible but one never knows.
 

SeniorBen said:
The U.S. has nuclear weapons all over Europe, as do the individual European countries. We could strike Russia in less than a minute, whereas Russia, to attack the U.S., their missiles need to cross an ocean. It would take at least 30 minutes to reach the U.S.
Advantage U.S.
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Conventional nuclear weapons launched from Russia, yes, but, how about if a Russian Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter bomber would be bound for the U.S., would we be able to detect it before it launched it’s nuclear missiles or bombs and would it make it to our coastline before or without detection? Or, how about if a Russian submarine would be able to get close enough to the U.S.before launching its nuclear payload. Surely you would have to believe that it may be possible to strike us before we even opened our silos. Scary stuff.
 
SeniorBen said:
My biggest fear is that the world will be destroyed before I finish building the shoe-rack/entryway table I'm currently working on. I have about another ten hours of work on it before I apply the finish, so maybe another 12 hours until completion.

Hmmm... what holds up better when exposed to radiation... varnish or poly? It doesn't say on the cans.
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I would go with Linseed oil for that deep glow finish. Then when the nukes hit and the heat washes over it will really bake that oil into the wood!
 
How does one prepare for a nuclear attack? The USA is going to defend this country as well as the allies against five countries who are all armed with nukes and would not hesitate to use them?
 
For the Europeans there would be nothing left to prepare. But at least the people of North America would have some weeks more until they die. I've read that in such a case living in South America or Australia could give you a good chance to survive.
 
StarSong said:
On the contrary. Only a rogue actor with no regard for his own life or those of his children, grandchildren, citizenry, and all other inhabitants of the planet would use them. Nukes are the gift that keep on giving: mutually assured destruction.
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Exactly, for the first time in history, the guy/ gal that sends that first nuke, is not likely to survive the war they start!

You cannot hide from the effects of a nuclear blast of the proportions that we would use today...
 

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