I do, Oklahoma will be vaporized, so I won't have to deal with any fallout. Unless I become a ghoul or something. Maybe I should start collecting bottle camps. At the very less, someone looting the ruins will get a big payday.

[–] sp3ctr4l 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

I think this is a more realistic projection that accounts for... updated modern understsnding of how long radiation persists in nature, as well as... there aren't as many nuclear weapons as there were at the height of the Cold War, and those nuclear weapons are now more spread out against a whole bunch of other nculear powers and targets around the world...

So... if you're in OK, you could maybe stand a shot at avoiding a massively irradiated area if there was any warning?

Or, a reasonable shot at only needing 2 weeks of food and water to shelter in place and ... at least not die of radiation poisoning?

On the other hand, FEMA barely exists, and the Post Office is fucked... so that would cripple the older triage and rebuild plans I am aware of from the Cold War.

All the old postal carrier vehicles were supposed to be turned into makeshift ambulances...

...

But anyway, just a general 'lol' at all the ICBM sites in the great plains getting at least one if not several nukes likely dedicated to them, each.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

just a general ‘lol’ at all the ICBM sites in the great plains getting at least one if not several nukes likely dedicated to them, each.

This is the point of the "nuclear sponge". The missile silos in the northern plains states are hard enough targets that any nuclear first strike would likely target those silos with a lot of warheads. The goal of such strikes would be to reduce the number of US warheads that can be used in a counter-strike. But, because destroying those silos is hard, each one needs to be targeted by multiple warheads to have a high likelihood of "killing" the missile contained in the silo. This means that any attacker has less warheads to target US military sites or US population centers. Basically, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado all get completely fucked, so the rest of us can be less fucked. Assuming, of course, that the attacker sees reducing US land based warheads as a viable/useful strategy.

[–] sp3ctr4l 0 points 2 weeks ago

I understand the strategy, I think it makes sense, I just think its funny to see it visualized as... well, we all know where they are lol.

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