Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

bbc.co.uk

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

111–120 of 172 posts

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#111

Post by moktonar »

hollerith wrote: post #85
red-iron-pine wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the UK's Strath report from the 1950s found that all it really took was 10 x 10-Megaton nuclear warheads to effectively send the UK back to the 1700s. hit the 10 largest cities and it's basically over. big cities are also primary transport hubs of food and fuel, and with those gone everything else collapses. most people aren't farmers, and even if they were, no one is using pulled plows in the First World these days,…

>the US or Europe or Russia or China are a big larger, but that just means you need 20-40 instead of 10. I haven't inquired about the UK, but that is not even close to true for the US. For one thing, at any given time, there's enough food stored on US farms to feed half the US population for about 3 years, which is probably enough time to restart mechanized agriculture or failing that re-open enough port facilities t…

I don't think you know what you are talking about

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#112

Post by moktonar »

jskrablin wrote: post #70
mikewarot wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Putin's successor is likely to be someone even less securely in power, and thus far less rational. I don't want to test our luck with what's left of the Soviet nuclear arsenal.

Please stop with this nuclear nonsense. There's enough nuclear warheads in EU to make sure nothing is left of major Russian cities in case somebody got too bald. Dictators aren't suicidal maniacs, they're "just" maniacs.

You don't think you know how nuclear war works

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#113

Post by moktonar »

hagbard_c wrote: post #102
joe_the_user wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A pamphlet talking about "in case of war..." seems like it is making war itself more likely. "Shared truth" seems like it's reaching also.

Wearing a helmet makes falling more likely? Vaccination makes disease more likely? Fire drills increase the chance of fire? Information about bear awareness makes bear encounters more likely? Of course not. Civil defence is a good thing, sticking your head in the sand is not. Also, the brochure is not just about war but also about other crises. Sweden can experience 'interesting' weather which can leave people out of…

No but in places where you're likely to fall, be sure there will be pamphlets that tell you to wear a helmet...

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#114

Post by euroderf »

petesergeant wrote: post #9

Exceptionally well-armed NATO + JEF members, and Finland well within distance to use conventional artillery to turn St Petersburg to rubble. This is a public-awareness and support-building exercise rather than a real concern. This is like the RAF frequently issuing press-releases about intercepting Russian jets.

No need for artillery. Drop a big enough A-bomb in the right place in the Gulf of Finland, and it does nil in most of the gulf but it does send a tsunami straight up to St Petersburg. Thus the rationale for that causeway/seawall they built for the A118 thru Kronstadt.

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#115

Post by dang »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #29
c0nducktr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly does defeat mean in that context?

[flagged]

Posting like this will get you banned here, regardless of which country you have a problem with or what your reasons are. No more of this, please.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#118

Post by dang »

romwell wrote: post #47
andy24 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m Russian, am I the problem? We need @dang here to address this racism here.

[flagged]

Please don't take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar, regardless of nation.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

#120

Post by dang »

andy24 wrote: post #33
xdennis wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

I’m Russian, am I the problem? We need @dang here to address this racism here.

@dang is a no-op. If you want a response rate that's better than random, you need to email hn@ycombinator.com.

I agree that posting flamewar generalizations about national groups is not ok on HN.

Post reply on HN