"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein
Nuclear War: What are the Chances?
Map of ICBM missile silos in Montana.
I live in Montana in the middle of one of the world’s largest nuclear missile fields. There are about 150 Minuteman missile silos in the state, each one containing three Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). Montana has more nukes than any other state in the union. In fact, if Montana were its own country, we’d be the fourth largest nuclear super power on earth.
All of Montana’s nukes are controlled by Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, about 90 miles away from where I live. It seems reasonable, then, to assume that if nuclear war were ever waged upon the U.S., and the enemy wanted to destroy our ability to retaliate, a single preemptive nuke landing on Great Falls might be pretty high on their priority list.
All of Montana’s nukes are controlled by Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, about 90 miles away from where I live. It seems reasonable, then, to assume that if nuclear war were ever waged upon the U.S., and the enemy wanted to destroy our ability to retaliate, a single preemptive nuke landing on Great Falls might be pretty high on their priority list.
Therefore, I prepare for nuclear war. People call me crazy for doing so. And I call them crazy for not doing so.
Even worse than having a nuke fall in my backyard, however, would be a nuclear bomb dropped on Washington, D.C. which would effectively decapitate our entire nation. Even worse than having a bomb dropped on Washington, D.C. would be having a nuke detonate about 300 miles above Kansas, causing an EMP which would destroy the electrical infrastructure of much of the entire North American continent- Canada and Mexico included.
So I study the manuals, and take notes, and make lists, and collect supplies, and take steps that might alleviate a little bit of the suffering if this worse-case-scenario ever came true.
Welcome to my bunker. Let’s talk about nukes.
Even worse than having a nuke fall in my backyard, however, would be a nuclear bomb dropped on Washington, D.C. which would effectively decapitate our entire nation. Even worse than having a bomb dropped on Washington, D.C. would be having a nuke detonate about 300 miles above Kansas, causing an EMP which would destroy the electrical infrastructure of much of the entire North American continent- Canada and Mexico included.
So I study the manuals, and take notes, and make lists, and collect supplies, and take steps that might alleviate a little bit of the suffering if this worse-case-scenario ever came true.
Welcome to my bunker. Let’s talk about nukes.