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Of course, we all hope that nuclear weapons are never used, but what if they are?

In the 536 comments to an article in the Daily Mail about how to build a shelter for £72, almost all said they wanted to die immediately.            

In Prague, people are prepared to live. The photograph at this link shows the blast doors in a Prague metro station. This is part of Prague’s Metro Protection System (Ochranny System Metra, or OSM), built in 1974, a network of hardened shelters designed to safeguard people during a nuclear, chemical, or biological attack, and to isolate sections of the metro in the event of a major flood.

The system could shelter 320,00 people for 72 hours. Tests are done every night to assure readiness. Calls to decommission the system because of cost have fallen silent since the onset of hostilities in Ukraine.

As the Daily Mail article shows, civil defense in the U.S. and UK is do it yourself. The information provided on expedient shelter building is accurate and tested. Even a couple of elderly women were able to construct a shelter, as videotaped in Oregon.

Commenters did make some valid points: Many city dwellers will not have enough land even for a small shelter, or the government might punish them for digging a hole without an unobtainable permit. Also, these shelters are not permanent.

However, they evidently believe many myths, e.g., that everyone will die of radiation sickness if not instantly vaporized.

Most people will NOT be close enough to Ground Zero to be instantly killed. Getting under a desk, or just lying down, will not help you if you are—but it can save you from being killed or seriously injured by the blast wave even if your only warning is a blinding flash, if you are outside the zone of complete destruction. Fallout is easily visible and rapidly decays. Putting mass (e.g., brick walls, sandbags, water) and distance between yourself and the fallout for a few days would likely be adequate. We are taught to panic over tiny radiation doses that might even be beneficial. This would prevent necessary immediate work.

The aftermath of war is terrible. Americans might end up with living conditions as bad as much of the world now endures. They would have to work very hard. They might end up picking up rubble with their bare hands as German women did after WW II. And what about Hiroshima? It is now a thriving modern metropolis.

For governments to engage in “nuclear chicken” is evil and insane. But we all have duties to our posterity and our community and must not abandon them.

Additional Information:

• An indoor core shelter
• Typical radiation doses (SIRAD RADTriage™ cards are sold out, but safe/not safe “Oh Shucks! Meters” using that technology are still available at www.ki4u.com)
• “The Good News about Nuclear Destruction”
• “The ‘Bomb’: a Terror Weapon

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving—without a nuclear attack.

The high threat level is not mentioned by Google News, but Germany is drawing up plans to use Metro stations as air-raid shelters, NATO has warned businesses to enter “wartime scenario,” and Sweden and Finland are distributing pamphlets on expedient shelter and the need to stockpile emergency supplies.

Former weapons inspector Scott Ritter has issued a dire warning that we are on the threshold of nuclear war.

As the graph below shows, the Russians are making steady advances in Ukraine. In response, NATO/Ukraine is attacking targets inside Russia.

The Biden Administration has authorized the use of long-range ATACMs, which cannot be launched by Ukraine without substantial U.S. assistance. British Storm Shadow missiles have also struck Russia. In retaliation, Russia attacked the Dnipro Yuzhmash aerospace manufacturing facility with a newly developed hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile. Witness accounts say the underground working part of the facility was turned into dust. This suggests that the Oreshnik submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into the workshops and simply pulverized them. There was no particular need for high explosives to do the job. NATO has no means to stop such a missile.

Putin has updated Russian nuclear doctrine. Triggers include some actions that the U.S./NATO has already taken or contemplated.

According to Tucker Carlson, the U.S. has approved the use of anti-personnel mines against Russian troops. Reportedly, U.S. officials have discussed giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

Could the out-going Administration use the lame-duck period before January 20 to commit the nation to war while it still has the power to do so?

Thinking about the possibility is the first step to preparedness.

Additional Information:

• Full video of Putin’s meeting with the Defense Ministry and defense industries on the Oreshnik missile
• Russian strategy: Patiently waiting to strike?
• To-do priorities in World War III

Physicians for Civil Defense

Do you stand with Israel, or Ukraine, or both? Or for peace?

When 60 Minutes asked President Biden “Are the wars in Israel and Ukraine more than the United States can take on at the same time?”, he said: “We’re the United States of America, for God’s sake. The most powerful nation in the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our overall international defense. We have the capacity to do this, and we have the obligation to do this. We are an essential nation, to paraphrase the former secretary of state. If we don’t, who does?”

 Evidently, this graph is of no concern to him:

Where the dollars are to come from is not the only question: Where do they go? And what comes next?

            And how are our supplies of ammunition and weapons we might need to defend ourselves here? And is our industrial capacity capable of replacing what we sent to Ukraine?

The U.S. has sent two aircraft carrier groups to the Middle East. Why? To help turn Gaza into a crater, or is war with Iran, and Syria, and ultimately Russia the intention (or just a possible result)?

More is going on here than meets the eye, writes attorney Jeff Childers.

Some say the danger of nuclear war is growing rapidly as tensions and provocations increase, and China will soon reach parity with the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Are you prepared for the consequences of escalation of hostilities—including terrorist attacks from sleeper cells here and/or an economic meltdown?

Additional information:

• “The New World Alignment”
• “The End of Dollar Hegemony”
• Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
• David Stockman’s view: “Fortress America: the Only Alternative to Fiscal Ruin”

If you have travel plans, you might want to pay special attention to these dates.

Air Defender 23, the most significant military exercise ever carried out over European skies, will take place from June 12th until June 23rd, involving the air forces of 25 nations. The unprecedented event will involve up to 10,000 exercise participants and approximately 220 aircraft, 100 from the U.S., including the F-35. The German air force, Luftwaffe, will be in command of the exercise.

Notably, this is occurring adjacent to a war zone, at a time when a Ukrainian counteroffensive might begin.

NATO is planning to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine—equipped to deliver B61 freefall nuclear bombs.

The exercise could conceivably produce (or cover) an incident leading to direct NATO involvement in war with Russia. What if an F-16 piloted by a British or American pilot is shot down over Ukraine or Russian territory? What if delivery of nuclear-capable fighters triggers a pre-emptive nuclear strike by Russia, as threatened by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council?

During the next two weeks, you might want to get a battery-powered short-wave radio, a radiation-monitoring instrument and emergency food, water, medicines, and fuel. If the exercise proceeds uneventfully, you will have added to your disaster insurance.

Additional information:

• Nuclearwarsurvivalskills.com.
• What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent.
• Basement core shelter
• Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

Kaliningrad, once known as Königsberg in Prussia, was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945. Now a Russian exclave, it is wedged between Lithuania and Poland, some 200 miles from the Russian border. It is connected to Russia by a railroad line through Lithuania, which is supposed to permit free transport of goods to and from Russia, according to the international agreements concerning Lithuania’s accession to the European Union.

 Lithuania has announced that it will now ban transport of coal, metals, construction materials, and advanced technology, as enforcement of EU sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine. Russia declares that the ban is illegal.

Russia has been heavily fortifying Kaliningrad with missiles and air defenses, but the Pentagon allegedly has a plan for destroying them, according to a September 2019 statement by a top U.S. commander.

Chilean-American commentator Gonzalo Lira, speaking from Kharkov, Ukraine, warns of the potential for the situation to escalate to a European ground war between Russia and NATO (primarily U.S.) troops if Russia resists the ban, since the railroad runs through NATO territory.

In Lira’s view, use of strategic nuclear weapons is a grave danger if that occurs.

“Kaliningrad seems to be the most likely trigger point in the world for nuclear war,” states Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane Orient, M.D. “Americans need to alert public officials to the existential threat of escalating the war in Ukraine.”

“U.S. policy of Mutual Assured Destruction has assured that the U.S. has no anti-missile defense against an all-out attack, and civil defense is primarily for continuity of government,” she added. “For ordinary citizens, response to an attack is do-it-yourself, but even this could save millions of lives if people learned what to do.”

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.

As Americans focus on war in Ukraine, as in Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presentation to the U.S. Congress, Physicians for Civil Defense asks what this means to Americans.

“The risk of triggering World War III between nuclear powers in such a tense environment cannot be disregarded,” states Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane Orient, M.D.

“This concern surfaces periodically, as in the false alarm in Hawaii, but Americans soon forget about it without learning the basics about blast and fallout protection measures that could prevent millions of casualties,” she adds.

“The Swiss, the most prepared people on earth, are checking their shelter stocks. While the U.S. has never had a comparable program, Americans can also check their medicine cabinet, their pantry, and their personal and community resources to cope with severe disruptions in their lives.”

Physicians for Civil Defense has focused its efforts on first responders, supplying them with radiation detectors and the training to use them, which is still available on video. Years after a car trip to rural fire stations in Arizona, special projects director Stephen Jones undertook a transcontinental bicycle ride to distribute radiation detectors that turn color with radiation exposure. Current efforts involve expedient detectors that indicate when a dangerous level of radiation has accumulated.

Enough “Oh Shucks! Meters” can now be produced for all the nation’s emergency responders, and distribution efforts have been expanded to include truckers.

Even if the hot war is confined to Ukraine, Americans need to worry about shocks to the global financial system and supply chains, adds Physicians for Civil Defense. For example, scarcity of natural gas affects your ability to heat your home but also means scarcity of the fertilizer required to grow the crops needed to feed the world.

“The current situation is a red alert for preparedness,” concludes Dr. Orient.

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.

Tensions are rising with fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and deployment of U.S. troops to Romania, Germany, and Estonia.

Potential use of nuclear weapons is always a threat looming in the background, although Americans tend to forget about them between crises—and do nothing to remedy the lack of civilian preparedness, states Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane M. Orient, M.D.

Emergency responders have virtually no training in what to do in the event of  a nuclear detonation, and no access to equipment to detect dangerous levels of radiation, she said. The federal government discontinued the states’ civil defense radiological monitoring programs in the 1990s.

Physicians for Civil Defense has been distributing information and equipment to first responders for years. The most recent efforts use low-cost expedient “Oh Shucks! Meters” (OSMs). These use a radiosensitive chemical that irreversibly changes color on exposure to ionizing radiation. This can indicate “not safe” conditions when immediate shelter is needed, or “safe” conditions when essential activities can be continued because a dangerous threshold of accumulated radiation has not been reached.

When equipment is scarce, it must be distributed so it can aid the most people. Truckers, in addition to first responders, are among the workers most essential to survival and recovery, are mobile, and are located throughout the country, states Dr. Orient. Thus, Physicians for Civil Defense has decided to make enough free OSMs (a $35 value) available free to all drivers participating in a truck convoy or caravan, while supplies last.

To obtain a free meter, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, or a request for all the drivers in your company, to ki4u, Inc., 212 Oil Patch Lane, Gonzales, TX 78629. First responders may also apply.

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.

In September, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce urged local authorities to assure local food supplies for winter. Chinese households were also encouraged to stock up on a certain amount of daily necessities in preparation for the winter months or emergencies. A new appeal on Nov 1 garnered more than 43 million views on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social platform. Americans should take heed, states Physicians for Civil Defense.

“Chinese cite fears of crop failures due to bitterly cold weather, with temperatures forecast to fall as much as 15 °F; possible lockdowns owing to new COVID outbreaks; or a war,” states Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane Orient, M.D. “These are global concerns that affect the U.S. also.”

Americans are already seeing rapidly rising prices and a shortage of merchandise of all types due to supply-chain interruptions, she pointed out. “And supply chains may be further stressed by labor shortages as COVID vaccine mandates take effect.”

“If shelves are bare, or people cannot afford basic necessities, and law enforcement is understaffed, civil disorder is another worry,” she added.

Family disaster preparedness plans have always stressed having a food reserve. Physicians for Civil Defense has referred to the advice in Nuclear War Survival Skills, available free on line, which is useful in all types of emergency. Freeze-dried, tasty meals are offered by many survivalist stores, but they are no substitute for adequate calories from affordable staples such as unprocessed wheat, corn, beans, and oil (see pp 81 ff in NWSS). Salt, sugar, and vitamins are also needed, Dr. Orient states.

The U.S. government website ready.gov has much useful information, but the advice to obtain “at least 3 days of food” could be woefully inadequate, she observes. .          

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.

Until now, the COVID inoculation has been voluntary for military personnel, and one-third to one-half have been refusing it.

By federal law, products available only under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) cannot be mandated. But according to a leaked document, HQDA EXORD 225-21, COVID-19 Steady State, reportedly obtained by the Army Times, all members will be required to take the shots, starting as early as Sept 1. Presumably, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will grant approval soon, even though studies are not scheduled to be complete until the end of 2022.

According to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), military members have told him they will “quit” rather than take the jab, although it isn’t clear how the service members could quit or how many would try to do so.

Aside from morale problems, and potential recruitment difficulties, there are direct effects of the vaccination, notes Physicians for Civil Defense. Adverse effects, especially with the second shot, occur in 70 percent of recipients. These are often disabling enough to prevent work, at least for several days. “We have never seen this before with a vaccine,” stated Professor Didier Raoult.

Post-injection inflammation of the heart muscle has been described in 23 service members. In a study of myocarditis after smallpox vaccination, it was found that 60 percent of affected patients would not have sought medical care for symptoms outside of the study protocol. Recognition is clinically important since diagnosis impacts treatment, recommendations for exercise, and monitoring for later heart failure.

Groups in the UK and France have declared that the COVID jabs should be stopped because of unprecedented levels of harm. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to state that benefits outweigh the risks.

“How many pilots can we afford to lose because of heart damage?” asks Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane Orient, M.D. “And if a significant part of a unit is disabled, even temporarily, is this not an invitation to attack?”

“The military needs to look at options for prophylactic and early treatment instead of mandating unsafe or inadequately tested vaccines,” she concludes.

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.

COVID-19 is continuing to spread despite public health measures such as masks and lockdowns, states Physicians for Civil Defense. Despite their devastating effects on society, there is no evidence that lockdowns work, and a recent natural experiment in Denmark showed that extreme measures affecting 280,000 people had no benefit.

Mass vaccination, now underway, is the great hope, but no let-up in social control measures is on the near horizon. There is no evidence that the vaccines stop transmission, as opposed to reducing symptoms, or that they work against mutating strains.

Have we identified the main sources of spread? Physicians for Civil Defense urges investigation of aerosols, as from toilet flushes, and the use of engineering instead of attempts at tighter social restrictions.

“Engineering solutions are responsible for stopping most pandemics and most of the increases in life expectancies,” writes James Conca. “For air-borne viruses, we have created the equivalent of cities with contaminated water and sewage running down the streets. It’s a safe bet this will not be the last virus to find this environmental niche and take advantage of it.”

Various methods are under development, especially air purification using ultraviolet light, states Physicians for Civil Defense president Jane Orient, M.D., but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) do not recommend them because of lack of published studies.

Once a patient is infected, official guidelines from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) still recommend against early diagnosis and treatment of clotting complications, one of the main causes of death. Their importance was revealed by autopsies not reported until May, Dr. Orient points out. A virally mediated “catch and clump” of red blood cells may be interrupted by treatment with antimalarials or ivermectin, which is also discouraged by experts, she notes.

“While doctors are urged to ‘follow the science,’ the government-sanctioned research has focused on expensive new drugs and vaccines and neglected these urgent issues,” states Dr. Orient.

Physicians for Civil Defense provides information to help save lives in the event of natural or man-made disasters.