The Pentagon's plan to stop the zombie apocalypse

Stars & Stripes ^ | May 18, 2014 | Gordon Lubold

[Timber Rattler]

The U.S. military has always been the one place in government with a plan, forever in preparation mode and ready to yank a blueprint off the shelf for almost any contingency. Need a response for a Russian nuclear missile launch? Check. Have to rescue a U.S. ambassador kidnapped by drug lords? Got that covered. How about a detailed strategy for surviving a zombie apocalypse? As it turns out, check.

Incredibly, the Defense Department has a response if zombies attacked and the armed forces had to eradicate flesh-eating walkers in order to "preserve the sanctity of human life" among all the "non-zombie humans."

Buried on the military's secret computer network is an unclassified document, obtained by Foreign Policy, called "CONOP 8888." It's a zombie survival plan, a how-to guide for military planners trying to isolate the threat from a menu of the undead – from chicken zombies to vegetarian zombies and even "evil magic zombies" – and destroy them.

[WayneS]

Aren’t we operating with at least 3 out of those 5 conditions every day?

50% “replaced” with highly contagious psychopaths - democrats...

infrastructure is gone - check out the condition of our roads, bridges, water and sewer systems...

command structure is nearly impossible to maintain - Obama mal-Administration...

[Secret Agent Man]

your statement shows how incorrect your assumption is. and that you’ve never watched the show.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Both of these works exhibit real plots, quality character development and relationships among survivors, and group dynamics that were either pitiful or simply nonexistent in earlier shows, such as “Night of the Living Dead.”"

You didn't watch the same classic ... in all senses of the word and not just horror or B-movie categories ... that I did.

There was plenty of interpersonal dynamic between the characters and there was a profound message weaved throughout.

Same with "Dawn of the Dead". Another instant classic.

"Day of the Dead" is a different story.

[the anti-mahdi]

I stated as much.

[Secret Agent Man]

i know, i was agreeing with you based on your statement. you couldn’t have possibly watched the show given what you assumed about it.