How far away do you need to be from DC to be safe from a nuclear attack?

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Anonymous wrote:Genuinely confused - while I resize things could get out of hand, the US is not engaging in Ukraine specifically to try to tamp down the risk of nuclear war I thought. Why would Russia nuke us if we are not shelling them?

They will nuke us because we are meddling in their business with sanctions and by verbally condemning/harassing them etc.

Premeditated and unprovoked attack on peaceful democratic country of 44 million people just because you want their land and want to control their government is not business - it is an act of premeditated and unjustified war.

Russia has been seeking to destabilize Western democracies for many years through online misinformation wars that stoke division through false bogeymen, cyber attacks on essential services, spreading lies about NATO as a defense alliance, and creating a refugee crisis in Europe by extensive bombing of Syria.

Further Putin spreads self defense lies to justify his aggressions which he likes to unleash during the Olympic Games (he invaded Georgia during the Olympics as well). He represents a great threat to all Western democracies.


If they nuke us, it is not because we meddled in their business but because their leader is criminally insane.

PP: yes, he has lost his mind - but we are def in their business whether that’s good or bad is up to public opinion since everyone on here is an expert on this subject matter, apparently - but we know he’s unpredictable and that’s what worries some of us on this thread

Plus I responded to the question from Russia’s perspective which is what the poster asked. The response does not mean I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have lost all faith in politics and humanity to avert such a disaster.

Yup. The last few years have shown us just how much humans suck.

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Very glad I live in unfashionable flyover.

[Anonymous]

This nuclear expert's worst nightmare from 2017 aged horrifically well:

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Genuinely confused - while I resize things could get out of hand, the US is not engaging in Ukraine specifically to try to tamp down the risk of nuclear war I thought. Why would Russia nuke us if we are not shelling them?

I think much more likely they will launch cyber attacks on US power grid and other infrastructure.

However, Putin has placed nuclear power base on high alert. I believe one of the main reasons US is not sending troops in to help Ukraine is to avoid being target of nuclear ☢️ attack. Germany is probably now at risk. I would imagine they would target Western Europe before the U.S.

Russia has been launching online misinformation wars for years in U.S. and Western countries to stoke division and instability - and now we know why.

Western democracy may not be perfect but it sure beats authoritarian dictatorships … West needs to go back to talking up value of Western democracies in online culture wars …

I wonder whether Russian military might rebel against Putin since so many of them have family in Ukraine and they are taking heavy losses?

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Anonymous wrote:Very glad I live in unfashionable flyover.

You’re going to have to survive with a bunch of MAGA lunatics running around. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

OP you can't escape unless you move down to the tip of Chile or Argentina.

One single SATAN missile from Russia can destroy the entire state of Texas in an instant. Only 5 SATAN missiles are required to destroy the entire East or West coast of the US. You could drive hundreds of miles and still need 100000000000000 SPF sunblock. Even if you managed to live in the middle of the US and the costs were destroyed by SATAN missiles, you'd still probably die of the massive nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning. Land would become unarable for 10000 years, so at a minimum you face complete starvation.

Best just to die in a direct hit.

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Anonymous wrote:Very glad I live in unfashionable flyover.

You’re going to have to survive with a bunch of MAGA lunatics running around. Good luck.

They might be more prepared than you think. Prepper style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This nuclear expert's worst nightmare from 2017 aged horrifically well:

Thanks for sharing

[Anonymous]

Interesting interactive map where you can pick types of bombs and surface or air explosion:

https://outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/interactive/bomb-blast?airburst=true&bomb=3&lat=38.9&location=Washington%2C%20District%20of%20Columbia%2020001%2C%20United%20States&long=-77.02

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Anonymous wrote:I have lost all faith in politics and humanity to avert such a disaster.

Yup. The last few years have shown us just how much humans suck.

People’s memory is short. Do you think earlier history was better?

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Anonymous wrote:Very glad I live in unfashionable flyover.

You’re going to have to survive with a bunch of MAGA lunatics running around. Good luck.

The MAGA people I see around me are all decent, capable, law abiding family people. I don't agree with their politics but some of you have a very warped perspective of Trump voters in flyover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you can't escape unless you move down to the tip of Chile or Argentina.

One single SATAN missile from Russia can destroy the entire state of Texas in an instant. Only 5 SATAN missiles are required to destroy the entire East or West coast of the US. You could drive hundreds of miles and still need 100000000000000 SPF sunblock. Even if you managed to live in the middle of the US and the costs were destroyed by SATAN missiles, you'd still probably die of the massive nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning. Land would become unarable for 10000 years, so at a minimum you face complete starvation.

Best just to die in a direct hit.

Their nukes may not work -- at all. Ours do. It will not stop a madman from firing but if there is any sanity there by anyone they will not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very glad I live in unfashionable flyover.

You’re going to have to survive with a bunch of MAGA lunatics running around. Good luck.

The MAGA people I see around me are all decent, capable, law abiding family people. I don't agree with their politics but some of you have a very warped perspective of Trump voters in flyover.

+1 and I am not a Trumper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you can't escape unless you move down to the tip of Chile or Argentina.

One single SATAN missile from Russia can destroy the entire state of Texas in an instant. Only 5 SATAN missiles are required to destroy the entire East or West coast of the US. You could drive hundreds of miles and still need 100000000000000 SPF sunblock. Even if you managed to live in the middle of the US and the costs were destroyed by SATAN missiles, you'd still probably die of the massive nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning. Land would become unarable for 10000 years, so at a minimum you face complete starvation.

Best just to die in a direct hit.

No. Just no.

Where do you come up with this nonsense?