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It's like surviving any kind of disaster: You need the mindset that you will survive, instead of staying unprepared because you are too fearful to plan for disa
by burfog 8y ago
It's like surviving any kind of disaster: You need the mindset that you will survive, instead of staying unprepared because you are too fearful to plan for disaster.
The whole country of Switzerland is protected by law. Everybody has shelter that will withstand a 12 megaton strike at a distance of only 700 meters. Very few warheads are that large.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_shelter#Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_shelter#Switzerland
A few other countries, mainly in northern Europe, have lower-quality shelter. Impoverished countries have an excuse, plus they tend to not be targets. The rest of us are being irresponsible.
- snarfybarfy 8y agoIf nukes start to really hit Switzerland then it will look pretty grim everywhere else as well. Might as well just get it over with and enjoy the light show.
- ahje 8y agoThis. I live less than 30 km from a large military base (although not in Switzerland). If we actually reach the point where someone decides to nuke that base, then I'm toast reagardless of whether I survice the blast or not. A quick ending is preferable to slowly dying from radiation poisoning I guess...
- credit_guy 8y agoNot clear why you think that. 30km is quite far. [1] is a pretty good site to play around and get an idea how far the nuclear blast reaches. For example the Russian Topol SS-25 (800 kT TNT) has an air blast radius (5psi) of 6.5 km. This is quite a large bomb. For comparison, most US warheads are W76, with a 100kT yield and a blast radius of 1km. The largest currently deployed warhead is the Chinese Dong-Feng-5, which at 5MT has a blast radius of 12 km. [1] https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
- ahje 8y agoThat's a cool site -- will have a look! :)