Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
by arethuza on Saturday November 08, 2014 @02:54PM
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Same for the UK - optimistic estimates for the impact of a nuclear attack on the UK had under 5% of the population surviving in the long term (NB Threads was very optimistic!).
Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
by pmoriarty on Saturday November 08, 2014 @05:04PM
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Threads is probably the most chilling nuclear holocaust movie I've ever seen. Highly recommended (if you can find a good copy).
Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
by arethuza on Saturday November 08, 2014 @06:21PM
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Actually, the BBC did one documentary that was in some ways even scarier than Threads: Q.E.D. - A Guide To Armageddon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJttnC8PoA
It goes through the details of what would happen if a 1MT bomb exploded the center London - which is, of course, completely catastrophic. Then it calmly mentions that London would have probably been hit by at least 30 bombs...
Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
by RobertKerans on Sunday November 09, 2014 @06:19AM
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...and there's Peter Watkins' The War Game (BBC again), still an incredibly powerful and disturbing piece of filmmaking.
Wiki: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game Clip here (first airburst over Kent): http://youtu.be/WcmZ1vhoqkY
Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
by bdunbar on Sunday November 09, 2014 @02:04PM
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> While the US people thought, that their Minuteman, other missiles and strategic bombers would give some protection,
Well .. _I_ never thought that.
MAD is great theory, but it's got some some really bad failure modes.
When in some era (I think, it was in Reagan's era, maybe a little later), the Generals where thinking, that a third world war could be limited to some territory (meaning: Middle Europe/Germany) and thus would not be the end of the world -- it was a void feeling for many people, that knew, what that could mean for Germany -- to be the designated place of nuclear destruction for the bigger nations.
In deed, it was a surreal time for the whole world it was. That is also one reason, that many in the 90s believed now humanity would rest in peace ....