Russia May Start Training Civilians to Deal With Nuclear Attack

Every day it seems like we take another step towards reliving the Cold War era, and Friday was no different.

epa03207829 Russian missile weaponry stand on Tverskaya street in front of Moscow Kremlin during the general rehearsal of the military parade in Moscow, Russia, 06 May 2012. The parade will take place on the Red Square on 09 May, devoted to the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the WWII and will include the demonstration of heavy military technics and aviation.  EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKYepa03207829 Russian missile weaponry stand on Tverskaya street in front of Moscow Kremlin during the general rehearsal of the military parade in Moscow, Russia, 06 May 2012. The parade will take place on the Red Square on 09 May, devoted to the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the WWII and will include the demonstration of heavy military technics and aviation.  EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Dmitry Rogozin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia’s defense industry, suggested that his government should start preparing civilians for a nuclear attack much like the Soviets did during the Cold War.

After claiming that the US was upsetting the nuclear balance of power by developing new weapon systems, he suggested that the defense industry needs to keep up with our technology by putting more research and development into Russia’s nuclear arsenal. He further added that more measures should be added “so that the population, if nonetheless they were subject to that kind of aggression, could avoid colossal losses. … Civil defense should be recreated.”

This isn’t too surprising given the fact Russia never really stopped preparing for a nuclear conflagration after the Cold War ended. Since in the early ’90s they’ve been building a massive bomb shelter in the Ural mountains, as well as thousands of smaller shelters in the outskirts of Moscow to protect the general population. Meanwhile, our government hasn’t done anything to insulate the average American from the worst case scenario, and they consider preppers to be paranoid domestic terrorists. The contrast between how our government views nuclear war and how the Russian government views it, is absolutely stunning.

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