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elocs

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32. In the middle '60s I asked Mr. Knight, my Jr. high school science teacher, "If there was a nuclear attack,

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 10:31 AM

Mar 29

would they keep us at school or send us home?" His answer: "We'd probably send you home to die there". It took me some years to appreciate what an honest answer that was.

Who else has read the 1959 apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, "Alas, Babylon? Maybe good for its era but sanitized and unrealistic by today's standards.

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This is how nuclear war would begin - in terrifying detail [View all] Xolodno Mar 28 OP

Would make a great movie. And really ought to be powerful enough to get the whole world to wake the fuck up. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 28 #1

Probably should be a movie. Xolodno Mar 28 #10

"7 Days in May" is overdue for a present day remake. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #21

Nolan. Xolodno Mar 29 #25

I would hope I am at ground zero so I'm vaporized. neverforget Mar 29 #24

Move near to a military base... Xolodno Mar 29 #26

I live about 75 miles Island Blue Mar 29 #29

Modern nukes don't have radiation Johnny2X2X Mar 29 #33

Uhhh, modern nukes DO have radiation. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 29 #35

Come move down on my block. xmas74 Mar 29 #46

I live in a suburb of Portland Oregon. Although we have no large military bases neverforget Mar 29 #47

If you ever want to guarantee it xmas74 Mar 29 #50

then... ret5hd Mar 28 #2

I got the book a couple days ago. former9thward Mar 28 #3

Nah, we got Reagan's Star Wars Missile Defense system that we spent trillions on. Midnight Writer Mar 28 #4

Unlessof course, .... OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #22

Ronald Reagan/His administration was the evil inflection point. Sure, Ron gets credit for the wall coming down.... OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #23

Is it just me, finding this statement repulsive, yagotme Mar 28 #5

Yeah, that kind of offhandedness is icky & deserves to be called out. Hekate Mar 28 #8

I haven't read the book. I have ony read the review at provided link. Gore1FL Mar 28 #6

As someone who spent their childhood in terror of being nuked by the USSR, I'll skip it Hekate Mar 28 #7

Ahh yes. The old "duck and cover" drill in grade school...nt mitch96 Mar 28 #11

That was only a small part of it for me. My parents' house was full of post-WWII books... Hekate Mar 28 #15

It is based H2O Man Mar 28 #13

Don't forget... Xolodno Mar 28 #18

Lions and tigers and bears! H2O Man Mar 28 #19

Franky N Korea would be lucky just to hit the N American continent, much less a specific target EX500rider Mar 29 #42

Right. H2O Man Mar 29 #45

When it comes to nukes, ignorance is bliss. Runningdawg Mar 28 #9

Why would we use land-based ICBM's against NK? NickB79 Mar 28 #12

Because you don't hit a target with a single nuke. Xolodno Mar 28 #14

A single Ohio Class submarine has that kind of power. nt NutmegYankee Mar 28 #16

I believe it. Xolodno Mar 28 #20

When NORAD DSP satellites detect a thermal plume from a launch they know exactly where it launched from EX500rider Mar 29 #38

A single Trident II MIRV'ed warhead missile from a Ohio class SSBN MarineCombatEngineer Mar 29 #28

Most of North Korea's infrastructure isn't hardened at all NickB79 Mar 29 #34

B-2 bombers would be the option used IMO EX500rider Mar 29 #43

Red Don's fantasy Blue Owl Mar 28 #17

5 billion people dead. A HERETIC I AM Mar 29 #27

Franky she does not seem well informed on the subject EX500rider Mar 29 #39

"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed.." Hassin Bin Sober Mar 29 #40

"...but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops!" EX500rider Mar 29 #41

"On the Beach" Kid Berwyn Mar 29 #30

Everyday is like Sunday . . . Sympthsical Mar 29 #36

Yeah except it won't be N. Korea justaprogressive Mar 29 #31

In the middle '60s I asked Mr. Knight, my Jr. high school science teacher, "If there was a nuclear attack, elocs Mar 29 #32

Maybe good fiction but bad at foretelling a realistic scenario EX500rider Mar 29 #37

North Korea doesn't have the range to hit Washington... brooklynite Mar 29 #44

Unfortunately their Hwasong-17 ICBM might EX500rider Mar 29 #48

Can I be Slim Pickens? roamer65 Mar 29 #49