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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:35AM (#18540883)
This is misleading nonsense. In a real war most targets would be barraged by MIRVs, some of which would be ground bursts specifically designed to maximise the effects of fall out plumes across otherwise survivable areas.

One way or another, your initial duck-and-cover survival won't last long.

Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by pygy_ on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:41AM (#18540918)
And even if you survive the explosion and fallout, chances are you wont survive the logistic issues it would trigger, especially in large cities.

Edit, for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targeta...

Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by krig on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:57AM (#18540989)
It's also misleading because it's talking about a bomb 1/10th the size of the Hiroshima nuclear detonation, while today, even just India and Pakistan alone have nuclear capabilities that are a hundred times beyond that. The implications not just from the initial strikes but the infrastructural devastation that would follow are impossible to estimate.
Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by arethuza on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:12AM (#18541047)
I suspect the kind of civil defence training described on that page would probably help with a small scale terrorist level attack. However, I don't think it would achieve very much in a full scale attack and certainly not the scale of attacks likely during the 1980s and on densely populated areas of Europe.

Where I sit now in Scotland is within range of about 5 different high value Cold War targets - I don't think Duck and Cover would achieve very much.