This is related to TrueCap's thread on a post-apocalyptic world. But I decided to just make it about the possibilities of a global nuclear war and surviving one if possible. But throwing some of those possibilities aside I only think during these days and times a limited nuclear exchange (Which is a nuclear war limited to a specific region) is possible. Say between India and Pakistan or Israel and Iran. Then there's also the possibility terrorists may get their hands on one and use it. My father always told me that when he was in school they had to do drills where they ducked and covered underneath their desks in the possibility of nuclear attack, same thing with my mom. They both had to do those exercises in the event Russia or China launched a nuclear attack on U.S soil. I tell them these days a global exchange isn't exactly in the highest probability but my dad insists that the threat of a nuclear attack is far greater than ever, since the end of the Cold War. I could believe him but I tell him the risk of limited nuclear one is probably the highest since no one's that stupid to go War Games on our asses. But he still insists that global one's are possible because he believes that a limited exchange is a stepping stone to global one. I could believe him but me being stubborn and looking for the brighter side of life usually says I'm not going to believe it. And for our society recovering after GNW, the U.S wouldn't exist anymore. A lot of countries wouldn't. Apparently Dwight D Eisenhower had plan to command the U.S from a fortified bunker in Washington D.C in the event of a nuclear war, but I see that meaningless. Everyone would be out for themselves, the military and police would be more concerned about their loved ones and families than trying to uphold the U.S and economy would be non-existent. We'd have to start a new country and build from scrap. Now going off of what I said, do you honestly think a Global nuclear exchange could still happen in this time and age?
