Since Putin is bringing in the Cannons into Ukraine I thought it might be useful to see where this might end up the way Putin is going now which is why Obama is slowly ratcheting up Sanctions along with Europe is a way hopefully to avoid this:
The darkest zones on this picture are considered fatal zones where no one and nothing would be alive after a nuclear strike from Russia or China. The Red Dots are where at least one 100 megaton ICBM might hit near cities and other important targets here in the U.S. Each red dot likely would be a crater several hundred feet deep and 100 miles across or more. Russia would look like this too and possibly China too. And possibly Europe would look like this too.
The darkest zones on this picture are considered fatal zones where no one and nothing would be alive after a nuclear strike from Russia or China. The Red Dots are where at least one 100 megaton ICBM might hit near cities and other important targets here in the U.S. Each red dot likely would be a crater several hundred feet deep and 100 miles across or more. Russia would look like this too and possibly China too. And possibly Europe would look like this too.
Continuity of government
Given the likelihood that any third world war could escalate to (or even begin with) a nuclear exchange, from the early days of the cold war it has been considered vital that countries which are potential targets for nuclear attack have a continuity of government (COG) plan in place, to ensure an orderly and clear line of succession in the event the head of state or government is killed in an attack.United States
The Continuity of Operations Plan of the United States works by having alternate or airborne sites that 'mirror' the main peacetime sites, the alternate sites being always on call or on short notice to activate, if a situation arises where they are needed. For obvious reasons, information on COG sites is classified, the below list is only what the press have managed to unearth over the years, and is by no means complete:- Cheyenne Mountain, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) This is the permanent seat of NORAD. It was able to sustain nuclear attack up until the 1960s, however more modern ICBMs could destroy it, but only with a direct hit.
- Mount Weather. Alternate for: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Used temporarily for Members of Congress in Sept. 2001, possible location of other executive branch COG facilities)
World War III
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see World War III (disambiguation).
World War III (WWIII, WW3 or the Third World War) is a term used to describe a worldwide conflict following World War II. The most common scenario, a hypothetical nuclear war between the superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, is widely used as a premise or plot device in books, films, television productions, and video games. However, some writers have applied the term instead to the Cold War, arguing that it met the definition of a world war even though there was no direct conflict between the superpowers.World War I (1914–1918) was regarded as the "war to end all wars" and it was believed there could never be another global conflict. World War II (1939–1945) proved that to be false, and with the advent of the Cold War (1945–1991) and the use of nuclear weapons, the likelihood of a third global conflict became more accepted. It was anticipated and planned for by military and civil authorities in many countries. Scenarios ranged from conventional warfare, to limited or total nuclear warfare leading to the destruction of civilization.
“ | I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. | ” |
Contents
- 1 Homeland security/civil defense plans
- 2 Military plans
- 2.1 Seven Days to the River Rhine
- 2.2 Operation Chrome Dome
- 2.3 Operation Unthinkable
- 2.4 Operation Behemoth
- 2.5 Operation Strikeback
- 2.6 Operation Deep Water
- 2.7 Operation Dropshot
- 2.8 Plan Totality
- 2.9 Exercise Square Leg
- 2.10 Exercise Swarmer
- 2.11 Exercise Internal Look
- 2.12 Exercise Reforger
- 2.13 Exercise Totskoye
- 2.14 Exercises Grand Slam, Longstep & Mainbrace
- 2.15 NATO Nuclear Sharing Programme
- 2.16 Exercise Able Archer
- 2.17 Desert Rock exercises
- 2.18 Letters of Last Resort
- 2.19 France's Warning Shot
- 2.20 Strategic Defense Initiative
- 3 Historical close calls
- 4 World War III as past or present tense
- 5 Fiction
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
- emergency laws to be put in place in case of World War III
Emergency laws
Most countries have one or several national emergencies laws that are ready to come into place in the event that a third world war turns nuclear, or even in the case of a conventional war.
- Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (United Kingdom)
- National Security Presidential Directive 51 (United States)
- National Emergencies Act (United States 1976)
- Emergency Powers Act (Ireland 1939)
- German Emergency Acts (Germany 1968)
- Emergencies Act (Canada 1988)
- State of Emergency in India
World War III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_III
However, some writers have applied the term instead to the Cold War, arguing that .... and the second being regarded as an enormous underground leadership
Wikipedia
No comments:
Post a Comment