(09-11-2023, 05:26 AM)F2d5thCav Wrote: The nuclear war stuff is just arcane. It is hard to predict anything beyond the first missiles landing.
I stood in the wings or at the back of the room for briefings. But ... I wasn't deaf ... LOL.
I heard this one guy poo-poo the accuracy of the Soviet Union's missiles. You know ... the proverbial 'dumb question' anyone is allowed to ask. And, this Air Force two-star's immediate dissertation on how naïve people can be when it comes to the destructive force of strategic nuclear weapons and their effective deployment.
During those times I came away with my own concerns and insights: The after effects of EMP strikes ... pretty much welcome back to the Stone Age; What strategic targeting 'really' means; Planned radioactive fallout and follow-on invasions; Who is gonna be in charge of what & where after. The levels of planning and consideration were shocking ... to a point where when you considered, who was being briefed and why, that you knew they were serious as shit about 'doing it' at some given point.