Tasteless Depictions of Nuclear War

[TornadoADV]

Well, in the US they did, the UK played it down. Knowing we were the first target, and there was no point panicking the public when there was no defence against it, the UK decided that public blissful ignorance was more humane. Threfore there were no drills in schools, no national drills or even any indication that we were a target. (I am talking more cuban missile crisis here than later)

Really? That sounds very unwise. Lots of simple precautions have a reasonable chance of saving some lives.

If the USSR had ever launched, we had just four minutes before the missiles would've hit us. Not a lot you can do to prepare in four minutes, apart from running around screaming or making your peace with the deity/ies of your choice.

You can duck and cover, that takes seconds and could make a big difference to your chances.

More like 30 minutes for the ICBMs, 5 to 10 minutes from the SLBMs if they've managed to move next to our coast.

 

[Axolotl]

Your attitude is an overtly modern one, based in implausible western morality.

I love this sentence because it sums up four paragraphs worth of deranged raving into one sentence of pure idiocy.

 

[Thaluikhain]

More like 30 minutes for the ICBMs, 5 to 10 minutes from the SLBMs if they've managed to move next to our coast.

That might mean 4 minutes of early warning before the missiles in flight reach their targets.

But anyway, the time between the flash and the heat reaching you might be enough warning for you to survive, same with the blast. In Japan, people would see a bright glow in the air, and go to the windows to see what was going on. The blast hits the windows, and they get a face full of broken glass. I think much the same happened with the meteors in Russia.

Just telling people not to do that would save lives. Telling people to duck and cover would save more.

 

[TornadoADV]

More like 30 minutes for the ICBMs, 5 to 10 minutes from the SLBMs if they've managed to move next to our coast.

That might mean 4 minutes of early warning before the missiles in flight reach their targets.

But anyway, the time between the flash and the heat reaching you might be enough warning for you to survive, same with the blast. In Japan, people would see a bright glow in the air, and go to the windows to see what was going on. The blast hits the windows, and they get a face full of broken glass. I think much the same happened with the meteors in Russia.

Just telling people not to do that would save lives. Telling people to duck and cover would save more.

Actually, no. Once NORAD and global satellite coverage were established, you knew the missiles were coming the second they left their silos. Even before then, NATO deployed radar picket stations around the world to give the best possible reaction time against a Soviet attack.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Actually, no. Once NORAD and global satellite coverage were established, you knew the missiles were coming the second they left their silos. Even before then, NATO deployed radar picket stations around the world to give the best possible reaction time against a Soviet attack.

True, but I think the four minute thing might have once been true, very early on.

Cap

Help Robert Frost with his poem

"two roads diverged in a wood"

um...

"I took the road less travelled by"

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

May I ask why you don't think people should watch it? It was actually shown to my class in early high school, it was a pretty valuable experience.

Well, you weren't lying when you said sobering. I guess valuable, yeah, but not something to be viewed lightly.

Sobering now... pants-shittingly-terrifying when it was first shown.