US Military Vaults?

[The Vault Dweller]

I bet that most of them are located in the West due to its low magnitude of potential nuclear attack. Just see Welsh's other recent news thread about it.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[OnTheBounce]

As I live in Tucson, I am very aware of this one. It is practically the military base of my area. Worried that this one is still a high-priority nuke target due to its communication significance.

Ft. Huachuca is not only the HQ of the Army's military intelligence community -- they develop doctrine there and also train MI pukes -- it's also used extensively for testing commo equipment.

Between Ft. Huachuca 90 miles away and Davis Monthan AFB right next door, Tucsonans are pretty much fucked in the event of a nuclear war.

I suppose that's another reason not to move back when the time comes -- I lived there from '85 - '90, and again from '97 - '05 -- the heat being another, and the large number of New Age Freaks being some others...

OTB

 

[Paladin Solo]

they develop doctrine there and also train MI pukes

I suddenly have the craving for the movie Starship Troopers.

Tucsonans are pretty much fucked in the event of a nuclear war.

Well, we'd pretty much all be fucked in the event of nuclear war.

 

[OnTheBounce]

I suddenly have the craving for the movie Starship Troopers.

Uh, I meant "military intelligence", not "mobile infantry".

Of course, I would rather that I'd set off a desire to re-read the book for the umpteenth time rather than Verhoeven's travesty.

Well, we'd pretty much all be fucked in the event of nuclear war.

Yeah, I suppose so. The degree of fuckedness doesn't matter much when the living envy the dead, eh?

But what I was getting at is that even in the event of a limited exchange Tucson can pretty much count on getting a front-row seat to a nuclear fireball since it sits so close to three high-priority targets. (Ft. Huachuca, Davis Monthan AFB, and the ballistic missile silos, assuming they're still active.)

OTB

 

[Paladin Solo]

Of course, I would rather that I'd set off a desire to re-read the book for the umpteenth time rather than Verhoeven's travesty.

Fed Net March saved the movie. Plus, it was hilariously evil.

But what I was getting at is that even in the event of a limited exchange Tucson can pretty much count on getting a front-row seat to a nuclear fireball since it sits so close to three high-priority targets. (Ft. Huachuca, Davis Monthan AFB, and the ballistic missile silos, assuming they're still active.)

I have before seriously considered which death would be better, whether it be living decomposition or instant annihilation. But, instant annihiliation always wins in the end when you consider surviving your friends and family and burying what's left of them.

 

[Mr. Handy]

If you have cable, Starship Troopers is on today at 4:30 PM Eastern on TNT. I plan to watch it myself; I haven't seen it in years.

I live in Philly, and the whole area was a big yellow splotch on the FEMA map of nuke targets in Pennsylvania. I'm right around where ground zero would be, so I'm one of the "lucky" ones who would be killed instantly.

 

[OnTheBounce]

I have before seriously considered which death would be better, whether it be living decomposition or instant annihilation. But, instant annihiliation always wins in the end when you consider surviving your friends and family and burying what's left of them.

I think the hedonistic calculus points pretty clearly to "instant annihilation" in this scenario where "the living would envy the dead." I think burying one's friends/family/etc. would be the least of one's worries.

I live in Philly, and the whole area was a big yellow splotch on the FEMA map of nuke targets in Pennsylvania. I'm right around where ground zero would be, so I'm one of the "lucky" ones who would be killed instantly.

Either that or your life would turn into Gamma World's original campaign, which was set just around the corner in Pittsburgh ("Pittsburk")...

OTB

 

[Paladin Solo]

I think burying one's friends/family/etc. would be the least of one's worries.

Actually, it'd be up there for me. It's not like I'll be going to a hospital right away, since everything within hundreds of miles of where I live would be incinerated and/or radiated.

If you have cable, Starship Troopers is on today at 4:30 PM Eastern on TNT. I plan to watch it myself; I haven't seen it in years.

"Editted for the kiddies" t.v. movies sucks, though.