It’s nuclear pingpong people. Putin hurls a nuclear missile at the U.S. and the U.S. reciprocates by firing a nuclear missile at Russia.
What are the targets?
Imagine our surprise when watching a documentary on the fall of the Soviet Union that we saw a picture on the screen of Logan’s Main Street. Yes. Surprise! Surprise! Utah is a target. The target had to have a university – Check! It had to have mountains to contain the nuclear blast. – Check! It had to have an air force base nearby. – Check! Somewhere in the Soviet Union a similar unsuspecting town was Logan’s sister nuclear target.
So when Mitt Romney said that Russia was our number one foe, was he wrong? I imagine the list of targets hasn’t changed since then, and before leaving Utah for another state, do you know where the next larger U.S. target is? Also while the politicians have been involved in gang warfare at the Capitol, note that Putin and Xi now have a hypersonic weapon that travels faster, quieter and under the radar. Before you blink, you’re nuked.
Where’s our hypersonic deterrent? Who was asleep at the wheel? Before you write Russia off as unimportant to you, remember who has the biggest gun wins and it could be pointed at you, in Utah.
Susan Sojka, Logan
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