Thread: Are you prepared?

Are the Russians still considered a threat?

Originally Posted by Kees

Are the Russians still considered a threat?

The Russians are less of a threat, but their nuclear arsenal will never go away. There's been a lot of speculation about the direction their new leader is going, and that has caused some hesitation in the US. But even more of a threat is the consideration that a rogue group could get access to one of their ICBMs. Osama wouldn't hesitate to shoot one off if he could get one.


Consider how you guys would feel if the US went under, and our Nukes were no longer as secure... It's going to be a bad day when anyone with enough $$$ can set off that kind of fire works show.

Most of that is all to make people feel they can do something to save themselves if the bomb ever fell. Plus most people back then were of the WWll generation so it seemed right back then anyway.Also it was a more naive time and people actually trusted the government back then. We look at that stuff now and we laugh.