If there was a nuclear war?

Question

And a missile was on its way,Why would we get just 2/3 minute warning? Personally i would rather not know and not panic

Answer 1

I'd rather not know, but im sure we have technology to stop these from entering..I hope

Answer 2

The missiles are so fast they get to the target within minuites
of being launched and its better to be at ground zero that surviving the attack a poster above said turn your back which wouldent work

First there would be a massive bright flash brighter than anything you would see this indoors as well because its gamma rays and they go through walls most people would be toatally blind

next would be a massive wall of heat hotter than the sun vaporising everything near the centre and burining everything else up to a few miles away

the shock wave follows after that smashing everything down

and if you could survive all that you have to deal with the radiation

Answer 3

I think it would be more than that. I recall hearing at one time that it was figured Los Angeles would have warning enough to fully evacuate the city in only 17 minutes. That would have been a feat.

If it were 2/3 of a minute warning. It'd be given so your government could show you your taxpayer dollars at work before you get blown up and die.

Answer 4

its because by the time the missile launch has been detected and confirmed by NORAD and the ballistic missile early warning system at RAF Fylingdales, we would have a maximum of 4 minutes before it got here. If its launched from a submarine were well screwed!!

Answer 5

i am sure that it would be longer than a few minutes, unless it was coming from the Pacific countries. i think i would want to know. the range of a country in the Pacific can reach Illinois but would effect the entire county, i thin being in Ohio i would want to find a cave or a large concrete structure. if we get a 3 min. warning i would have another 15 to 20 to react.

Answer 6

I live in Southern CA. Up until the split of the USSR there were approximately 30 nuclear warheads that targetted various Southern CA points of interest. (military bases, populated areas, ports, business districts, airfields, airports, command stations, etc etc). It's pretty safe to say that 30 nuclear warheads would kill EVERTHING in Southern CA without exception. Everyplace in Southern CA would be ground zero! And nobody would know what hit them.

Answer 7

Really depends where it hit, the yeild and wind direction to be fair. Having spent 3 months on courses learning how to nuclear fallout clouds and how to keep people alive in the event of that type of disaster i kind of get excited on questions like these lmao. Any more questions fire them my way lol

Answer 8

The best place to be when the bomb drops is in the death zone. Survivors of both the bombs dropped on Japan in WW2 had to face a living hell. Most did not survive beyond day two and in agony from burns and then the radiation killed them off.

Answer 9

The 2/3 minute is the trick to get you want more minutes---------then get you want the missile defense system.

Answer 10

Probably not the military would try to keep it classified so we wouldnt go into panic. Then probably try to intercept it, if it did get here, we would probably have 45 seconds notice, from the time we saw it whizzing by in the sky.

Answer 11

I agree, whats the point in a 2 minute warning, its not long enough to drink ourselves into oblivion. (which is what I'd do if I had enough time)

I wouldn't want to know it was going to happen.