Scared of Nuclear War

[RestlessSoul]

We fear the wrong things - statistically speaking, junk food kills more people than nukes.

Lots to fear, along to celebrate, as it has always been.

No one is going to wipe our London overnight with junk food. And I don’t eat that ****, so have little to fear from it personally. Nuclear war, on the other hand, I believe we all have good reason to fear.

 

[Kfox]

And yet it was the unprecedented destructive power of the atom bombs which caused Japan to surrender unconditionally

Do you really believe the Atom Bomb alone is what caused them to surrender? You don't think Russia entering the war, or them being unable to build war machines to continue the fight had anything to do with it?

 

[idea]

No one is going to wipe our London overnight with junk food. And I don’t eat that ****, so have little to fear from it personally. Nuclear war, on the other hand, I believe we all have good reason to fear.

Good to hear you are staying healthy.

If it bothers you, there are careers/fields of study to pursue with DOD. Otherwise, research local shelters, make friends with someone in the country who would not mind if you joined them, what else is there to do? Life is filled with all kinds of dangers, do what you can - worry just makes life miserable.

I had family friends who were preppers- stockpiled food, guns etc, off-grid - spent their entire life paranoid. Their food spoiled, they died of old age - could have spent life enjoying vacations instead of living in bunker.

Serenity prayer, do what you can, then let it go.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I'd be more concerned about radiation in the atmosphere should such a travesty occur again.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Do you really believe the Atom Bomb alone is what caused them to surrender? You don't think Russia entering the war, or them being unable to build war machines to continue the fight had anything to do with it?

Even though the war was lost, Japan made the US fight for every inch of Okinawa, and looked set to continue the same stubborn resistance on her other islands. The bomb changed everything.

 

[Stevicus]

Do you really believe the Atom Bomb alone is what caused them to surrender? You don't think Russia entering the war, or them being unable to build war machines to continue the fight had anything to do with it?

I've heard differences of opinion on this subject, but I think it was combination of factors. It's possible that, even despite the atomic bombs, the Japanese might have considered it possible to defend their islands from invasion, provided that they could still continue to receive resources and materials from their holdings in Korea, Manchuria, and China (which they still held large portions of, and had a short distance to travel from Korea to Japan). But the Russian invasion of Manchuria threw that option out the window.

 

[Kfox]

Even though the war was lost, Japan made the US fight for every inch of Okinawa, and looked set to continue the same stubborn resistance on her other islands. The bomb changed everything.

As did Russia entering the war. But my point is; if Nuclear war were to happen today, I doubt dirty Atomic Bombs would be used, they would likely use cleaner Neutron Bombs; which has a destructive force that can be matched with enough conventional bombs.