I just saw this story about Britain de-classifying their " War Book " from 1970.

That article made me wonder why no Civil Defense programs have existed in the USA for decades? I thought it would be interesting to learn the perspective of other ETS Forum members on this subject... so please feel free to chime in.

A few possible explanations (???) that popped into my mind:
1. majority of citizens THINK that no threat exists to warrant the need of a Civil Defense program
2. no Civil Defense threat exists
3. Homeland Security and FEMA already provide all the "Civil Defense" that we need
4. it's ludicrous to think that a Civil Defense program would actually provide any benefit
5. too expensive to undertake an effective Civil Defense strategy/program
6. a Civil Defense program does exist, we just call it something else now
7. it's just easier not to think about it, and go watch some TV instead

8. It is still classified in the USA?

I would bet that "the powers that be" are afraid of telling you about any plans they might have, especially since most of them involve military personnel being prepared to do armed crowd control on crowds of unarmed fleeing unarmed civilians who would be clogging roads the military wants to use.

(of course I am paranoid, you would be too if you knew what things I suspect are real)

The expectation was and still is that a Nuclear Attack on the U.K. would/will result in almost total loss of life.

Which is why we have Trident and the Letters of Last Resort.