So errrr what is the UK doing right now to enable its citizens to prepare for an attack from Russia?

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Are we just going for the head in the sand approach or are we going to get a pamphlet or something?

OMG I DIDN'T EVEN THINK HOW A NUCLEAR ATTACK WOULD MESS UP THE BIN COLLECTIONS! 😱 They're bad enough as it is... ending the garden bin collections just as the autumn leaves start falling, tut tut...

That's how I feel, don't want to be hanging around for the hell that would be left, looting, disease, contaminated land and water. Society is already nasty and selfish without a nuclear war smashing it into oblivion.

You'd need a gun. The problem with that is, someone stronger than me will take it off me.

I'm really surprised someone hasn't taken out Putin. We need a James Bond or if there's no budget for that, Jonny English will do.

So shall we reel out the old public info films telling us to take cover under a kitchen table?

But Russia is vast and it's stock of nuclear missiles is likely to outlast those of the West especially if Trump sits back and applauds his mate Putin.

There was a film made in the 1980s which might be of help. It's called Threads...

No joke. I'd rather die quickly than live through whatever comes after. Don't know what Denmark is doing, but I'd stock up on pills rather than wait for a pamphlet.

Perhaps a tiktok or something for the yoof?

Threads is on Iplayer now. It is very well made but very scary. I think any nuclear bombs being detonated anywhere could lead to the end of humanity (they are so much bigger amd more powerful than the bombs dropped in Japan in the Second World War. Even Trump couldn't stand by and watch (even if he wanted to).

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Cold War advice leaflets were about reducing panic by giving people things to do. The government knew it wouldn’t help them survive.

Iodine tablets are just about lower doses of radiation being taken up by the thyroid. Not much use for huge doses of whole body irradiation.

Very glad i'm right in the cloud of one of those - I'd be actively heading into it as no way do I want to survive the post apocalyptic world either. I appreciate it wouldn't actually be like fallout but it certainly wouldn't be fun.

Xi Jinping is in charge of China, and could possibly launch nuclear weapons.
Biden / Trump are in charge of the USA, and providing protocols are met, could probably also launch nuclear weapons.
Putin is not really in control of Russia, the mafia is. Russia is a mafia state run on behalf of organised crime, which is why Putin gets to sabre-rattle and murder the odd dissenting rebel, but he can't do anything to threaten the financial gain of the people that actually make the money in Russia.

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Re leaflets. We had those back in the 80s. How to Survive a Nuclear Attack I think they were headed.

When I was 19 I watched the first showing of Threads (I watched again earlier in this month I think it was, its 40th anniversary) , still chilled me to the bone.
Anyway, I remember one line in particular that was "Nobody wins a Nuclear War" and I do, of course, recall the harrowing ending of it all.
OP back then I was terrified, geuinely so (but it did not help that as well as the above we had films When the Wind Blows, Testament and The Day After, among others) and Top 40 hits to do with War ie Dancing with Tears in my Eyes, Enola Gay, Two Tribes etc etc.
I get your concern but do try not to worry (I know that's easy to say)

My thyroid didn't survive it's last contact with radiation, I'm more concerned about running out of levothyroxine.

You would have missed the boat if you are capable of heading into it. Better to throw yourself off a bridge - less pain than dying of radiation poisoning over hours/days.

I doubt if Putin will ever fire a nuke, it's just scaremongering to get a good land deal on Ukraine.

Germany thinks it was Russia but yeah nothing is certain yet:

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-accused-of-escalating-hybrid-attacks-in-europe-after-baltic-sea-telecoms-cables-cut-13256781

And also a Chinese cargo ship cut another cable in 2023, by "accidentally" dragging an anchor across the sea floor: https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-ships-anchor-caused-damage-to-baltic-gas-pipeline-finland-suggests-12992004

Cold War allies at it again...

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Totally agree with You.

I am 5(ish) Miles from Westminster so I suppose (hope) I would be wiped out rather quickly.
Who wants to survive a nuclear war ? Not Me.

I’m in Essex so I’m more worried about not being killed instantly. I’ve long since given up panicking about these things. Grim though.

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It's not about nukes.

It's about cyber attacks, infrastructure sabotage etc.

Can you feed yourself and your loved ones until the power/internet/water is back on?

By doing what?🤔