Reminds me of a conversation I had years ago while I was living at Fort Carson (Colorado Springs). One of the guys pointed out that they would be fine, since the books said the Springs Survived, and that they was using Fort Carson as a operations base.
I asked him a number of things:
One, How many Megatonnage was dropped on NORAD? Something like 3MT he said. "Right" I go, "Step outside shall we?" And we step out of the game store located in Northern Colorado Springs. I point to the south southwest, at a mountain top covered in antennas, "Whats that?" I ask, He goes, "NORAD." "Right, and whats 3 miles in that direction?" I follow up, pointing to the east, "Its the AFB where all our satellite stuff, like, oh... GPS.. is run from. And those tracks there? Main choke point in rail traffic going North South in the west. Do you really think if they dropped 3 Megatons on the pair of targets in this city that rates primary attention, that Fort Carson - which if you stand at gate one can put lead from a .50 on the front gate of the NORAD complex - and the city itself, which is a 10-15 minute drive during rush hour from the AF Academy at the far north to NORAD at the SSW corner of the city would still be here?"
He gave no comment.
