New York City issues video with emergency nuclear war plan

The City of New York launched a new public service announcement video this week which is focused on preparing citizens for nuclear war.

A press release by the city's Emergency Management Department announcing the video said that "while the likelihood of a nuclear weapon incident occurring in/near New York City is very low, it is important New Yorkers know the steps to stay safe."

The new PSA encourages New Yorkers to take the following "simple steps" in the event of a nuclear detonation in the city:

Get inside.

Stay inside.

Stay tuned.

There was no further elaboration of emergency provisions such as shelter, secure water and food supplies, or other necessities for those who survive the initial attack(s).

New York-based journalist Don DeBar pointed out the absurdity of the recommended practices set forth in the video, pointing out that there would likely be very little standing after even a single nuclear bomb explosion in the city, and the fact that there would likely be several such detonations on such an important target.

"Eric Adam's administration is asking people to 'go inside and stay inside' after a nuclear attack that will likely destroy most of the buildings in the city and surrounding areas. In other words, there will be no 'inside' to go to," DeBar said, pointing out that there would be nowhere to go and no way to get there.

He asked, "Is this the world that the Biden Administration wants to present us with?"

DeBar referenced the geostrategic challenges presenting in Ukraine at the moment, saying that, as it becomes increasingly apparent that policy-making in Washington has been captured by people who honestly believe they can force a regime change in Russia, and appear to be willing to push every possible button except the nuclear one, "this question presents itself: Is Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal strictly intended as a defense against a nuclear attack - in other words, MAD - or is it also considered a defense against conquest by regime change or other non-nuclear method?"

"It seems to me policy here is made by people who believe they can repeat December 31st 1991," he said, adding "I do not believe that that type of surrender is politically possible in Russia, given the memory of people there of the 1990s.'

"Is Russia," he asked, "being backed into a corner where it has to strike with nuclear weapons? And if that ends up being the case, what is their best strategy? A single battlefield weapon that makes the breach, intended to back the US off? Or do they decide the US is insane and try to obliterate it as their only means of survival? Or something else?"

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