in the event of a nuclear war?

Question

from one to ten what is the risk right now and what was the risk twenty years ago?and do you think a person in colorado springs would be hit hard?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, WWIII will be global suicide, therefore in answer to your question, as long as there's rational superpowers who believe in MAD, there will be no WW3. By definition, the next world war wil be nuclear, how could it not. In a nuclear war there will be no winner. In a nuclear world, the only true enemy is war itself.

The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not if both sides believe no price for victory will be too high. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.

Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask whether colorado springe would be hit, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.

While we hear talk of a nuclear-Iran or a confrontation with NorKor, little is said about the 2 bulls in the glass shop. The arsenals of Russia and the US are enough to destroy a million Hiroshimas. But there are fewer than 3000 cities on the Earth with populations of 100,000 or more. You cannot find anything like a million Hiroshimas to obliterate. Prime military and industrial targets that are far from cities are comparatively rare. Our biggest threat is from an accidental launch by the Russians.

Consider the last close call, 12 years ago (POST-Cold war BTW), when the Russians activated their nuclear suitcase carrying the launch codes for the first time in history, based on a launch of a Norwegian scientific satellite. They initially thought it was a NATO pre-emptive strike against Moscow (January 25, 1995).

You ask about the risks, my answer is they're increasing based solely on Russia's aging command & control system and aging early warning systems. The collapse of the USSR and their waning economy seems to be our biggest threat.

Answer 2

Risk now is very low... only a terrorist would attack the US and such an attack, IF it were nuclear, would only comprise a handful of weapons at most. Not that 5 or 6 atomic bombs going off in your country wouldn't significantly effect real estate values, but WW3 it would not be. Say a 1

Risk in 1987...probably it was higher then than it is now. Still it wasn't terribly high...maybe a 3.

Colorado Springs... home to NORAD? Peterson AFB? USAF Academy? Fort Carson? Dude, in the unlikley event of WW3 type exchange with Russia it would be scraped off the map!! Colorado Springs would be in the top 10 targets for any military strike on the US. Heck even the Chinese (who have a great many less warheads and ICBMs the Russians ) would probably hit it. It is one of the control centers for OUR missiles and our defenses, so if you wanted to make it harder for the US to hit you back, (which you probably do) Colorado Springs is one of the places you would certianly want to hit. Not that you still wouldn't get toasted... (the SSBNs would see to that) it would just make it a little harder for us to do so.

Today, with terrorists? Much lower probablitly of an attack on Colorado Springs. Terrorists would want to go for mass casualties and mass press coverage and mass disruption. NYC, D.C., L.A. all much more likely targets. Also they don't worry about counterstrikes.

Answer 3

It is interesting that you would ask about the possibilities of nuclear war, then go on to ask about a specific location. I suppose you are asking about Colorado Springs due to the location of a certain Air Force facility outside of that city. Well, I got news for you, NORAD is closing. Most of the operations have been shipped to Vandenburg.

In any case I personally don't think that nuclear war is in our future. I do however believe that there will be some kind of attack on the U.S. that will send our society into turmoil. Nuclear would accomplish that, but I am thinking more along the lines of an EMP type attack. Something that will knock out basic services that nearly all of us take for granted.

Answer 4

The risk of an all-out nuclear war is slim and Colorado Springs is way down the list even then.

Answer 5

I would give it an 8. Because due to the fact that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, means that once they achieve them terrorist will get them and nuclear devices will then spread all over. and then N.Korea will probably attempt to use nuclear weapons on another attempt to invade S. Korea, and once we attack them for that China will aid N.Korea and then Japan against China, then Russia will aid China, then we attack Russia.....
A nuclear war is very near, with all the tensions, and many believe the middle east is where it will start. WWIII the war that will end communism and terrorism, and it is impossible for nukes not to be involved.
If colorado is missed by a nuclear blast, you will still have to worry about radiation and the emp effects.

Answer 6

Right now 2
20 years ago 10, it was scary.
Colorado Springs, like anywhere would be flattened, but nobody is that dumb to really start a nuclear war. For all the shouting people like the president of iran is making, it will never happen

Answer 7

The only country that can do that is Russia. Russia has thousands of ICBMs with multiple nuclear warheads that can reach anywhere within the USA. Russia has increased their defense budget this year from $8 billions to $31 billions. Yup!,Russia plans to build more nuclear ICBM submarines & carriers in the coming years. Good luck to all! This was on the news last week, just go to either google or yahoo and search the article about it.

Answer 8

before everything, no civilized usa will use a nuke except they're nuked first. It won't take place. Russia and China could be run via dictators, yet they are no longer lunatics. they do no longer choose a nuclear warfare. Israel won't choose any help, they are able to shelter Iran on their own. yet while it replace into had to maintain Israel, they might and could use the bomb. yet in actual certainty, it won't take place. The U.S. will help Israel whether that's just to steer away from them from nuking Iran. while Israel and/or the U.S. attack Iran, it is going to by no potential be like Iraq or Afghanistan. we are able to by no potential be sending in troops and killing human beings left and appropriate. we are basically going to be concentrated on their nuclear centers, and doubtless another considerable centers, and optimistically we are going to additionally kill those in potential. i think of that's greater efficient if we are those to attack Iran, via fact then all the Arabs will no longer be able to blame this on Israel. Any nuclear disaster would be a grimy bomb used via terrorists, or considered one of those Arab international places in the event that they get the bomb. the finished factor of attacking Iran is to steer away from nuclear warfare or using considered one of those weapon.