03-28-2022, 02:44 AM
In the event of a nuclear exchange, I would guess the US is oh so screwed now that it ain't even worth crying over. Bush and Clinton "negotiated" us right out of the MAD deterrent, and there really isn't much to keep Russia from lighting us up right now.
They have around 3 times more warheads than we do, thanks to those dumbassed "negotiations". Granted, they claim that most of their warheads are "tacctical nukes", but that really isn't all that comforting. tactical nukes have a smaller destructive range of around 500m to 1 km. They're like super-mortars, but the ICBM advantage is really where the meat of the matter is.
They still have underground fallout shelters to protect their citizenry, and we don't any more. Used to be, every public school and government building had a stocked fallout shelter in the basement. I've not seen one in years now that does. Granted, the stock in the shelters were almost all out of date, but it was something. Russia, in contrast, has miles of underground tunnels stocked with supplies in the event of a dustup.
The US relies on us to figure it out for ourselves. I reckon that's ok, because most folks can't be assed to figure it out, so they would die and leave more for the rest.
They only have around half the population to protect, and a damn sight more facilities to protect them, and as much or more area to distribute them to after the fact, to avoid the fallout concentrations.
Nah, if it comes to that, we're done for.
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They have around 3 times more warheads than we do, thanks to those dumbassed "negotiations". Granted, they claim that most of their warheads are "tacctical nukes", but that really isn't all that comforting. tactical nukes have a smaller destructive range of around 500m to 1 km. They're like super-mortars, but the ICBM advantage is really where the meat of the matter is.
They still have underground fallout shelters to protect their citizenry, and we don't any more. Used to be, every public school and government building had a stocked fallout shelter in the basement. I've not seen one in years now that does. Granted, the stock in the shelters were almost all out of date, but it was something. Russia, in contrast, has miles of underground tunnels stocked with supplies in the event of a dustup.
The US relies on us to figure it out for ourselves. I reckon that's ok, because most folks can't be assed to figure it out, so they would die and leave more for the rest.
They only have around half the population to protect, and a damn sight more facilities to protect them, and as much or more area to distribute them to after the fact, to avoid the fallout concentrations.
Nah, if it comes to that, we're done for.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’