nuclear war

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(26 August 2022, 10:35)bigpaul Wrote: there is no where to hide from Nuclear weapons in the UK except maybe the Highlands of Scotland.
everywhere else is too close to a target location whether a big city or a military installation, even if there is a small pocket between targets which might be survivable it is not liveable in the long term.

Paul, first a big thanks ... you've opened my eyes to a few issues I had not considered, particularly in the post nuclear exchange phase.

before responding _I've just found this on a forum:

* From 20 July 00:00 Moscow time, all ships sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be considered as potential carriers of military cargoes.
* The flag countries of such ships will be considered to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kiev regime.
* A number of sea areas in the north-western and south-eastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.

This creates another trigger point that could rapidly escalate into nuclear war.

On your comment re hiding in the Highlands of Scotland. That is one of the better places to be during a nuclear exchange, but when the food runs out, there isn't a lot of food-growing capacity, so not a great long-term solution.

On survivability, the Russians don't waste ammo bombing civilians. They would use the right size and number of nuclear weapons to neutralise our nuclear weapons and military. Which again doesn't mean killing troops, although there will be ... "collateral damage" I think is the US term for deliberate killing ... to those in the HQs.