Project Fortress Offutt Air Force Base

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Project Fortress Offutt Air Force Base

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Recently the Secretary of Defense announced a project that would require military bases in the United States to be self sufficient for 3 months. What improvements do you think will be made at Offutt to make this a reality and should Nebraska think about building public nuclear fallout out shelters?
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Re: Project Fortress Offutt Air Force Base

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OmahaFan wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2026 2:12 pm Recently the Secretary of Defense announced a project that would require military bases in the United States to be self sufficient for 3 months. What improvements do you think will be made at Offutt to make this a reality and should Nebraska think about building public nuclear fallout out shelters?
Since the Strategic Command Center is ground zero for a nuclear attack, I think it would make more sense for everyone on the base to stand on the runway. Better to be vaporized in a flash than to suffer a slow, painful death from radiation poisoning while cosplaying Lord of the Flies.
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Re: Project Fortress Offutt Air Force Base

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ricko wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2026 5:41 pm
OmahaFan wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2026 2:12 pm Recently the Secretary of Defense announced a project that would require military bases in the United States to be self sufficient for 3 months. What improvements do you think will be made at Offutt to make this a reality and should Nebraska think about building public nuclear fallout out shelters?
Since the Strategic Command Center is ground zero for a nuclear attack, I think it would make more sense for everyone on the base to stand on the runway. Better to be vaporized in a flash than to suffer a slow, painful death from radiation poisoning while cosplaying Lord of the Flies.
I live a mile away. The flash will be so pretty!