Chyna/Taiwan is the only threat I see that might raise the level. I think we do have a treaty with Taiwan to protect them from Chyna. But will the potato honor that? I doubt it. But I've heard about lots of ships from many countries congregating in the South China Sea.
Russia/Ukraine is much hotter at the moment than China/Taiwan. Its possible that they could break at the same time for mutual benefit of world chaos.....
October 62 did that to me-I lived in Omaha within the atomics fire storm; when I heard JFK talk about our possible retaliatory strike, I froze and my 17 YO self had an excruciating existential week ahead knowing I could die at any moment...
The age of nuclear tipped torpedoes and large yield area effect warheads. You were at the tip of the spear. Thanks you for your service, squid brother.
I ended up in the radio room on a CLG flagship-saw much, read much and until the USS Pueblo, couldn't say much!! Read the Ia Drang sitreps as they came off the teletype.. I wish I had copies released...
I think that we will be at defcon 1 when the storm starts happening
1 means missiles are flying, hopefully it stops at 2 and we're the only ones not shitting our pants.
Cuban missle crisis. Duck & cover. Wasn’t called defcon 1.
I've been ordered to duck and cover a bunch of times. Drills in grade school.
Chyna/Taiwan is the only threat I see that might raise the level. I think we do have a treaty with Taiwan to protect them from Chyna. But will the potato honor that? I doubt it. But I've heard about lots of ships from many countries congregating in the South China Sea.
Russia/Ukraine is much hotter at the moment than China/Taiwan. Its possible that they could break at the same time for mutual benefit of world chaos.....
As of today we are at Defcon 4. https://www.defconlevel.com/current-level.php
Who me? Yemen vs Oman, Borneo vs Brunei and some others.
Okay, lets not get carried away here.
Didn't say I wanted them to do it. It will take truly strong medicine to wake them. Real, mortal terror.
October 62 did that to me-I lived in Omaha within the atomics fire storm; when I heard JFK talk about our possible retaliatory strike, I froze and my 17 YO self had an excruciating existential week ahead knowing I could die at any moment...
I'm a bit younger but I did go on to serve as a paratrooper under Reagan.
Those were formative experiences and I feel we were made better for it.
I enlisted in the Navy April 63, so there's that.. :)
The age of nuclear tipped torpedoes and large yield area effect warheads. You were at the tip of the spear. Thanks you for your service, squid brother.
I ended up in the radio room on a CLG flagship-saw much, read much and until the USS Pueblo, couldn't say much!! Read the Ia Drang sitreps as they came off the teletype.. I wish I had copies released...