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28. A single Trident II MIRV'ed warhead missile from a Ohio class SSBN

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Fri Mar 29, 2024, 08:05 AM

Mar 29

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would level any target in N. Korea.

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This is how nuclear war would begin - in terrifying detail [View all] Xolodno Mar 28 OP

Would make a great movie. And really ought to be powerful enough to get the whole world to wake the fuck up. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 28 #1

Probably should be a movie. Xolodno Mar 28 #10

"7 Days in May" is overdue for a present day remake. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #21

Nolan. Xolodno Mar 29 #25

I would hope I am at ground zero so I'm vaporized. neverforget Mar 29 #24

Move near to a military base... Xolodno Mar 29 #26

I live about 75 miles Island Blue Mar 29 #29

Modern nukes don't have radiation Johnny2X2X Mar 29 #33

Uhhh, modern nukes DO have radiation. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 29 #35

Come move down on my block. xmas74 Mar 29 #46

I live in a suburb of Portland Oregon. Although we have no large military bases neverforget Mar 29 #47

If you ever want to guarantee it xmas74 Mar 29 #50

then... ret5hd Mar 28 #2

I got the book a couple days ago. former9thward Mar 28 #3

Nah, we got Reagan's Star Wars Missile Defense system that we spent trillions on. Midnight Writer Mar 28 #4

Unlessof course, .... OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #22

Ronald Reagan/His administration was the evil inflection point. Sure, Ron gets credit for the wall coming down.... OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #23

Is it just me, finding this statement repulsive, yagotme Mar 28 #5

Yeah, that kind of offhandedness is icky & deserves to be called out. Hekate Mar 28 #8

I haven't read the book. I have ony read the review at provided link. Gore1FL Mar 28 #6

As someone who spent their childhood in terror of being nuked by the USSR, I'll skip it Hekate Mar 28 #7

Ahh yes. The old "duck and cover" drill in grade school...nt mitch96 Mar 28 #11

That was only a small part of it for me. My parents' house was full of post-WWII books... Hekate Mar 28 #15

It is based H2O Man Mar 28 #13

Don't forget... Xolodno Mar 28 #18

Lions and tigers and bears! H2O Man Mar 28 #19

Franky N Korea would be lucky just to hit the N American continent, much less a specific target EX500rider Mar 29 #42

Right. H2O Man Mar 29 #45

When it comes to nukes, ignorance is bliss. Runningdawg Mar 28 #9

Why would we use land-based ICBM's against NK? NickB79 Mar 28 #12

Because you don't hit a target with a single nuke. Xolodno Mar 28 #14

A single Ohio Class submarine has that kind of power. nt NutmegYankee Mar 28 #16

I believe it. Xolodno Mar 28 #20

When NORAD DSP satellites detect a thermal plume from a launch they know exactly where it launched from EX500rider Mar 29 #38

A single Trident II MIRV'ed warhead missile from a Ohio class SSBN MarineCombatEngineer Mar 29 #28

Most of North Korea's infrastructure isn't hardened at all NickB79 Mar 29 #34

B-2 bombers would be the option used IMO EX500rider Mar 29 #43

Red Don's fantasy Blue Owl Mar 28 #17

5 billion people dead. A HERETIC I AM Mar 29 #27

Franky she does not seem well informed on the subject EX500rider Mar 29 #39

"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed.." Hassin Bin Sober Mar 29 #40

"...but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops!" EX500rider Mar 29 #41

"On the Beach" Kid Berwyn Mar 29 #30

Everyday is like Sunday . . . Sympthsical Mar 29 #36

Yeah except it won't be N. Korea justaprogressive Mar 29 #31

In the middle '60s I asked Mr. Knight, my Jr. high school science teacher, "If there was a nuclear attack, elocs Mar 29 #32

Maybe good fiction but bad at foretelling a realistic scenario EX500rider Mar 29 #37

North Korea doesn't have the range to hit Washington... brooklynite Mar 29 #44

Unfortunately their Hwasong-17 ICBM might EX500rider Mar 29 #48

Can I be Slim Pickens? roamer65 Mar 29 #49