Civil Defense Perspectives March 2026 (vol. 41 #2)
The laws of physics have not changed. Neither have the effects of nuclear weapons or the means for protecting against them. Only the likely scenarios for use have changed. Previously, an all-out Soviet attack was postulated, and maps of expected fallout distribution were disseminated. Today, part of the strategic triad may be obsolete—in fact, we may be mostly relying on submarines (CDP, November 2022, tinyurl.com/4zwn55bp). Bombs from rogue actors may already be prepositioned.
While the U.S. is waging war against the possibility that Iran might get a nuclear bomb, there is seemingly little concern about a bomb it might already have, or the thousands that others including Iran’s allies definitely do have now (https://tinyurl.com/5h44cfdh). There has not been a run on scarce radiation monitoring equipment—yet (ki4u.com).
Physical remnants of 1950s civil defense are mostly gone (though billionaires are building elaborate bunkers). Worse, information available to the public from both government and private sources is limited and often unreliable. Hence, a review as well as an update is in order.
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