A woman panicked her village near Doncaster was under attack when she spotted a number of paragliders flying over her home and thought they were from Hamas
At least the city I lived in was close enough to “primary nuclear strike” targets to be demolished by shockwave.
Never mind the fact that that’s nuclear strike targets, not “Terrorist-hijacked-jets” target. Clearly people tend not to think rationally about these things.
The Midwest is full of missile silos that are on MAD target lists. There’s possibly more legitimate fear that terrorists could target something in San Francisco or similarly popular places. Terrorists also want attention, so a place with lots of news coverage is better too.
My dad pointed out to me as a kid that the city next to us would be a nuke target because it held the US strategic reserve of silicon carbide, a substance critical to grinding parts (e.g. making weapons).
At least the city I lived in was close enough to “primary nuclear strike” targets to be demolished by shockwave.
Never mind the fact that that’s nuclear strike targets, not “Terrorist-hijacked-jets” target. Clearly people tend not to think rationally about these things.
Are you between the two nuclear labs in the Bay area? Those always show up as top targets and people always brought it up
The Midwest is full of missile silos that are on MAD target lists. There’s possibly more legitimate fear that terrorists could target something in San Francisco or similarly popular places. Terrorists also want attention, so a place with lots of news coverage is better too.
Well, I HOPE most people think rationally, but the ones who are going to whine about the local sports match? … Yeah, agreed.
My dad pointed out to me as a kid that the city next to us would be a nuke target because it held the US strategic reserve of silicon carbide, a substance critical to grinding parts (e.g. making weapons).