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How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« on: December 03, 2016, 08:42:02 PM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3994504/How-close-live-NUKE-Fascinating-map-reveals-exact-locations-nuclear-bombs-stored.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXn5Ct0PJg

The '18 miles from Seattle' site refers to the Trident submarine missile facility on the Kitsap Peninsula, less than 20 air miles from Seattle.  
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2016, 11:21:32 PM »
While I suppose it is possible there have been some drastic changes since I got out of the Navy in '92, but my money is that the map is not particularly accurate.
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2016, 08:54:55 AM »
It's not proximity to outgoing that is as big a deal. Incoming on the other hand.

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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2016, 08:59:10 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on December 04, 2016, 08:54:55 AM
It's not proximity to outgoing that is as big a deal. Incoming on the other hand.

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Doesn't one potentially lead to the other?
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2016, 09:29:16 AM »
I live close enough to DC that it's not great

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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2016, 11:19:39 AM »
Doggone it . . . I thought this was going to be a Christmas shopping guide.   =(
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2016, 11:26:54 AM »
In terms of the incoming, I live near three probable military targets: The Naval base at Everett, the Naval air station on Whidbey Island and the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station in Arlington.  The radio station is about six miles away as the crow flies and would be the major concern in terms of blast radius and fallout, especially if an incoming MIRV is off a bit.  Since the radio station is the West Coast ELF communication station for submerged submarines, I would assume it would be a very high priority on the target list, to knock out communications with the boomer and fast attack fleet.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2016, 12:14:57 PM »
<looks around furtively>
Absolutely NOT 10-15 meters.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2016, 02:43:04 PM »
Quote from: birdman on December 04, 2016, 12:14:57 PM
<looks around furtively>
Absolutely NOT 10-15 meters.

Keep working on it.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2016, 03:15:40 PM »
Don't matter much anyhow.  'Cause we'll all go together when we go.  What a comforting thought that is to know.  Yes, we'll all go simultaneous, when the air becomes uranious, and we'll all go together when we go.


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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2016, 03:29:30 PM »
Quote from: birdman on December 04, 2016, 12:14:57 PM
<looks around furtively>
Absolutely NOT 10-15 meters.

There was a time i couldnt say that ;)
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2016, 03:32:42 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 04, 2016, 03:29:30 PM
There was a time i couldnt say that ;)

Didn't know metric measurements?   =D
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2016, 03:36:12 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on December 04, 2016, 03:32:42 PM
Didn't know metric measurements?   =D

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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2016, 09:48:01 AM »
Well, 3/8 cm is still 0.1476" no matter what you do, so what's the big deal?
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2016, 12:02:51 PM »
Lets see, Barksdale Air Force Base, Home of the B-52H Stratofortress Nuke bombers is just down the road and across the river from me I'd say I'm fairly close. Google maps says 5.3 miles from my front door by car.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2016, 02:04:28 PM »
Why would they ever want to bomb Vegas, baby?   =D
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2016, 08:43:58 AM »
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An unperturbed third commented: 'I live in Kansas City and I'm really not that worried.'


Best quote/line of the whole article.  That could have actually been me saying that.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2016, 08:42:20 PM »
I've always wanted a nuke small enough to put under my glass topped coffee table.  Thought it would make a great conversation piece.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2016, 09:06:41 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on December 06, 2016, 08:42:20 PM
I've always wanted a nuke small enough to put under my glass topped coffee table.  Thought it would make a great conversation piece.

The ones I've been around really weren't that big, it's the delivery system that had all the bulk.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2016, 10:44:35 PM »
Two years ago, my wife and I went to Vegas for Christmas.  We went to the Atomic Museum, and we were impressed with how the staff decorated the nuclear weapons with tinsel garlands and Santa hats.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2016, 11:09:26 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on December 06, 2016, 08:42:20 PM
I've always wanted a nuke small enough to put under my glass topped coffee table.  Thought it would make a great conversation piece.
Just make sure the shielding is intact.  Do they make glass that block radioactivity? 
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2016, 11:13:40 AM »
I hunt around a couple of Minuteman silos.
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« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2016, 11:31:14 AM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on December 05, 2016, 02:04:28 PM
Why would they ever want to bomb Vegas, baby?   =D

Perxactly.  We already nuked the hell out of it in 50's, 60's, and into the 70's and 80's...
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2016, 11:31:03 PM »
I slept within 500' of 8 nuclear reactors when I was stationed on the USS Enterprise.

I don't need to use a night light in my bedroom.
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Re: How close do you live to a nuclear weapon?
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2016, 10:43:41 PM »
The world's nuclear powers have built a long history of NOT accidentally setting off strategic weapons. I worry more about traffic on the freeway.
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