Trump. Obama. Bush II. Clinton. Bush I, as president. Now, it's said by a (R) newbie, most likely, but still that boils down to "Since end of Cold War (I)," which I find very plausible.

I think I rather assumed such drills continued. The USSR and the US weren't the only nuclear powers, and for a while there were discussions about rogue nukes, esp. originating in areas of the former USSR.

the dangers we face in a nuclear world lead by a hair-trigger ignoramus. Not saying, just asking, and inquiring from the depths of a large dark ignorance illuminated entirely by my paranoia and the hope that someone might do something to avert our course.


I was in Minot, in '73, during the Yom Kippur War when Kissinger took us to DefCon 3 because Nixon was drunk.

Very few of my friends and family outside the military knew anything about the ramp up to confrontation.

What I learned was simple, and quite eye opening:

"In the nuclear age, the difference between the Home Front and the Front Line is simply a matter of perception: If you know we're at war, you are too."

Ultimately, all we have left is Viktor Frankl's Challenge:

The US Military has had plans in place which are continuously tested. The OP says the government has not "tested these plans for 30 years". What BS. Is the OP saying Obama never had any plans? Bush? Clinton?