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Well, there is a good argument to be made for being in the center of the attack as preferable to the alternative.

• kingkawn 5y ago
  My grandfather was in the US army and participated in nuclear weapons testing throughout his later career. He said if war broke out with the Soviets that everyone should go sit on the roof and wait for the mushroom cloud to be sure not to survive.
  • suifbwish 5y ago
    We should be grateful our ancient ancestors did not share this sentiment when struggling against other extinction level events.
    • kingkawn 5y ago
      What he said was the truth. That is why it has not happened.
      • tata71 5y ago
        People keep thinking we'll never accidentally send these things. I can't be the only one that thinks it's inevitable based on the anecdotes.
        • kingkawn 5y ago
          Perhaps the stakes are so high that on this subject and this one alone humanity can exercise some continued competence.
• duxup 5y ago
  I always wondered how much targeting of silos occurred. Or at least how they dealt with that. MAD really seemed to require you unleash everything and generally if the others did you would be targeting a lot of empty silos in the middle of nowhere. At least those in the Midwest.