American Tactical Civil Defense Newsletter

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When I was an international relations student at the University of Pennsylvania and the American University (then College in Paris from 1973 to 1977 we used to game out thermonuclear war scenarios. The Cold War was still on. Now, with the improvement in tactical nuke capabilities over the past half century, the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) that kept the U.S. and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from launching thermonuclear weapons, changes that preventative calculation.

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My oldest sister called and asked me for the best generator that was not a “noisy, smelly, dirty, gas generator” as she had just lost power at her house for three days. That is a tough one to answer because everyone has different power needs and budgets, but I will provide three options below.

With ballistic missiles falling like rain on Israeli cities right now, it might be time to reexamine underground living, as in bunkers. The day I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, my dear mother, Phyllis Mary Watson Curley, made me pull the car over on the way home at the Wissahickon Creek near Germantown, Philadelphia where she grew up.

I was talking to a retired federal law enforcement officer after Mass today. I've written EOP's for churches and know how critical it is to have an armed expert at each church these days. I asked him if he carried. He raised his pants leg and showed me his gun and 2 magazines.

Let’s apply a core American tactical civil defense principal to our greatest national security asset, Starbase and SpaceX. Manmade disasters can only be prevented BEFORE they happen, not during or after. Like all great men, Elon Musk has chinks in his armor. For example, he was recently interviewed by the famous podcaster Lex Friedman.

NOTE: Congratulations to SpaceX, our most critical national security facility, on its successful launch of Starship Flight 9. Here are website links I mentioned in the video. TACDA Thumb Drive WaterBricks Journal of Civil Defense USGS Flood Page Cyclical Flooding in West Virginia TACDA Survival Store Coming out of Safeway After picking up a prescription I was struck by the view Of a father holding the hand Of his mentally-disabled son.