But the situation in EY and the US are quite different- most of the US is out of missile range of its enemies, even if they would be stupid or crazy enough to shoot a missile. It would be impractical and unnecessary to implement the type of readiness that Israel has in the US.
The more serious threats of Iran or N Korea involve nuclear warheads- all the precautions and civil preparedness won’t help against those.
Growing up during the cold war, I can remember drills in school where we were told to hide under the desks with arms over heads. Yeah, that would have done the trick.
who remembers this:
“This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. In the event of a true emergency…”
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