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1955 ... flying radar posts.
... even blimps and surface running submarines were used to plug the holes in the early days of radar vigilance. Atomic bombs were a quantum leap in technology that took other corners of science a long time to catch-up to and deal with.
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1950 ... Protect Yourself !
... a little bit of ignorance can go a long way! Amazing how few people know or understand anything about the effects of a nuclear weapon. Not that it's a particularly relevant topic anymore- thankfully. But "kiss your ass goodbye" has become an arrogant reply for the cynical and anti-establishment- just as it was 69 years ago. Civil defense was neither foolish or just propaganda. The advice here is based on what scientists learned from the 2 atomic bombings of Japan. A great many casualties were from flash burns or flying glass. So surprise- your chances of getting wounded during a nuclear attack were (and are) much greater than a rapture style disintegration death.