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"With the ongoing Ukraine war, tensions in Europe are on the rise. This is both
due to an influx of war related-refugees to Central European cities, and
discontent over the related rising cost of energy.
As bombs fall on Ukraine, European nations are waking up to the sorry state of
their own civil defence. Currently in Kyiv, emergency workers are preparing 425
shelters for use during a nuclear war.
My research on civil defence for nuclear war led me to explore how central
European cities are preparing. I recently returned from a faculty exchange in
the Czech Republic, where I investigated the availability of nuclear fallout
shelters in Prague.
Current events show that Russia is searching for a pretext to unleash nuclear
weapons. The C.I.A. director met with his Russian counterpart on Monday to warn
against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. In Europe, fears of bunking down
for COVID-19 lockdowns are being replaced with fears of bunking down in
shelters for nuclear attacks.
In the Czech Republic, my findings from a case study of preparedness in the
capitol city of Prague have shown that leftover Cold War-era bunkers are
currently kept in a state of readiness to protect the population from nuclear
war."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
