No one worries about Nuclear War nowadays.
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suckitandsee25 — 10 years ago(December 19, 2015 02:34 AM)
I think there are plenty that do think about nuclear war but a lot of people are like Jimmy's friend in the film, it scares them but they feel powerless. In an ideal world, I would guess almost 100 percent of people would be very happy if every country that had a nuclear weapon got rid of them.
Unfortunately, we are way past the point of nuclear disarmament seeing as so many countries now have them and no one is willing to give them up because then they might be seen as vulnerable. It terrifies me watching this film and realising it is 30 years old, if the destruction caused by a nuclear bomb was that bad back then imagine what it would be like now considering all the advancements in nuclear technology and power? It doesn't bear thinking about and I think that's why we don't necessarily see people making too much noise about the possibility of a nuclear strike, it's a terrifying prospect and we all want to believe that it will never happen and if it does, I believe most people would just want to die immediately. -
CorpseCandle — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 10:34 AM)
In the U.K civil defense was exposed as a largely pointless excercise when the public learned about the facts of a nuclear war.
Protect and Survive was well meaning and a means for the goverenment to try and stem any possible hysteria about a nuclear conflict. It was also a cynical ploy for Thatcher to not only allow the U.S unprecidented accsess to British air bases but to station cruise missles on British soil.
As far as survival goes if you live on a small island where your goverement tells you you can survive WW3 by leaning a door against the wall with some books and a few sandbags you tend to develop a rather fatalist attitude.
As for worrying like we did in the Cold War, well people tend to worry about immidate fears. Despite Western relations with Russia frosting slightly it's nowhere near as chilled as the 1980's or 1960's. Terrorism is the current nightmare or to be more exact Islamic terrorisim.
I mean Western nations and Russian forces are currently fighting ISIS togther so that is a clear indication that they are not exactly enemies like they used to be. -
znapper — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 07:10 AM)
About that, just to digress:
What the heck ARE the "powers" doing in Syria.
How is it possible for a few thousand religious extremist imbeciles to withstand wave after wave of attack from the west?
ISIS could be exterminated within a week if any of the bigger nation really wanted, IMO.
Someone is keeping this war going, and going, and going.
Nuke the fkcing Saudi's?
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CorpseCandle — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 11:48 AM)
They hide within the civilian population. Despite not officaly having "boots on the ground" there is the presence of special forces such as the S.A.S and Navy Seals.
They try to eliminate terrorist cells but this is a long drawn out process and could not possible work by itself. Terrorisim is also a grass roots problem. Civilians are recruited by choice or forced and need little or no training to fight or carry out terrorist actions, this means ISIS and the like have an endless stream of recruits that are nigh impossible to stem.
If the U.S places soldiers on the ground so would Russia and this would ratchet up tensions between the two nations. Putin already warned he is prepared to shoot down U.S fighters and I assume with that so would the U.S to Russian planes.
As of writing this post the BBC are reproting both Russia and America are trying to negotiate a ceasefire in Syria. However their relations are turning into an incresingly frayed state so the outcome is less than assured.
My fear isn't that any conflict will come from Syria between Russia dnd the U.S but a state of relations between the two that will get dangerously close to Cold War levels. Other conflicts are bound to happen elsewhere in the world such as Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran and both sides will be watching each other closely.
There will by a huge risk of miscommunication or non communication between the two and here we could see the biggest danger, accidently conflict between Russia and America. -
jfurness4 — 10 years ago(February 24, 2016 05:56 AM)
Life's too short to worry about such things I guess and you're more likely these days to die of either natural causes or in an accident,people are just living life as they should be,let's hope nukes are continued to be used as only a deterrence to foreign enemies.
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totalbollacks — 10 years ago(March 01, 2016 11:47 AM)
The younger generations too young to remember MAN 8x8's destroying the hedges, front gardens and street furniture of Oxfordshire don't even think about them. I am still aware of them as many oldies are. They are just as effective now as then and although thinned out we have enough to kill everyone several times over.
People have told me that we would never use them in this "modern age". Everyone thinks that they live in an era of understanding, if it helps them sleep well thats fine.
I get on with life like the rest of you but I know that somewhere in the world wargames are still being played out. Wargames that include the use of tactical nukes which of course culminate in the use of strategic nukes.