The US Is Conducting A Massive Nuclear Arms Drill Days After A Russian Nuclear Exercise

[jakeXT]

U.S. Strategic Command will be conducting a massive "deter and detect" nuclear drill from May 12 to May 16, just four days after a similar Russian exercise.

The U.S. drill, known as Exercise Global Lightning 14, is set to include ten B-52s and six B-2 bombers in an attempt to demonstrate U.S. military flexibility and responsiveness.

The drill, which is meant to simulate a scenario in which the U.S. would have to protect itself and its allies in the event of a "strategic attack," is being touted as a chance to incorporate modern technology into U.S. drills.

Exercise Global Lighting 14 follows just days after Russia conducted its own nuclear weapons response drills, on May 8. The drills, which Russian president Vladimir Putin supervised, simulated retaliatory measures Russia would take if it were attacked by a nuclear weapon.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-conducting-a-massive-nuclear-arms-drill-2014-5

[dipsydoodle]

1. We Will All Go Together When We Go

[Downwinder]

2. Is there a locater for the nearest

Civil Defense Shelter?

Have the shelters been restocked? I would imagine that the supplies left over from the cold war have exceeded their shelf life.

A drill to protect something should provide that something is left to protect.