[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article) : " Since 2010, however, Russia, China, and North Korea have been engaged in steadily building up their forces with new nuclear arms and delivery systems,
while Iran remains an outlier that many experts believe will eventually decide to build a nuclear arsenal
in the next decade or sooner, when restrictions outlined in the international nuclear deal expire.

Prepper ping :- where are the civilian shelters ?

Most civilian shelters have been converted to other bureaucratic functions, or ignored into ignominy !
Do you have a fallout shelter in the vicinity of home, work, school,.. or while in transit ?
Do you have one at home, partially constructed,.. fully constructed ? .. adequate food and medical supplies ?
More importantly.. do you know where they are ?
Or are you waiting for the Government to provide ?.. Ha ha, ha ! Yeah,.. rite !
We all have personal responsibility for ourselves and our families, like our forefathers used to do .. How are your responding ?
Are you prepped ?.... fully prepped ? working on it ?
Or, are you just thinking about it ...still ?
Don't forget the OODA loop !

[Lazamataz]

I am so screwed.

[bgill]

It would be prudent to research where they used to be in the neighborhood or near work. Not that they’d have provisions but it might save your neck. Pass the knowledge along to the rest of the family, including the kids.

[familyop]

The publications about 100-megaton Russian submarines (more like remote control torpedoes) are just another Russian doomsday weapon threat. The Russians did the same during the Cold War with talk about some weapons, according to their claims, that would destroy large parts of the world. In essence, hoaxes.

Here’s the good news. Such a dirty, fallout-intensive weapon hitting our east coast would not be very effective. The real yield would also not be so large. Our labs found in the past that the higher the design yield, the less that the real yield goes up. In other words, such a weapon would be a waste of money and effort.

More good news. Most of today’s weapons are smaller and made for air bursts that won’t produce much fallout. Good news, except that the newer small weapons are more accurate.

But the bad news. People living downwind from targets that would more likely attract ground bursts capable of producing heavy fallout (very long airport runways, nuclear forces facilities like missile fields, communications, etc.) should find, purchase and install or build fallout shelters if intending to protect themselves against fallout.

[trisham]

Thanks, TIK.

[greeneyes]

This is Government Malpractice - Just think of all the money they have spent on boondoggles, and yet nothing for decades for civilian defense.

We have a basement corner that could be pretty good in a pinch. Three sides of a 13 x 12 ft space have sufficient concrete and dirt shielding.

So we need to clear out that space, add a wall and ceiling, or at least stockpile the stuff to rig it up. There is also space to add a bathroom/decontamination area.

We have the potassium iodide tablets, and continue building up our food and water abilities.