My passport applications may be too late...

[Nightshade]

RAF ready to shoot down Russian aircraft over Syria

Tornado jets are not believed to be among Russia’s targets but the RAF says it must prepare for any eventuality: ‘in war, what can go wrong, will go wrong’ Tornado jets are not believed to be among Russia’s targets but the RAF says it must prepare for any eventuality (CPL Babbs Robinson)

RAF Tornados bombing Isis targets in Iraq are to be armed with air-to-air missiles to protect them from attack by Russian aircraft — as a senior cabinet minister warned that Britain was prepared to shoot down Vladimir Putin’s jets.

Combat aircraft involved in Operation Shader over Iraq will be fitted with Asraam heat-seeking missiles, which can destroy any military aircraft flying today.

A senior defence source said: “Up till now RAF Tornados have been equipped with 500lb satellite-guided bombs — there has been no or little air-to-air threat. But in the last week the situation has changed. We need to respond accordingly.”

The move comes as tensions between the West and Russia escalated last night amid claims that Russia’s bombing raids have overwhelmingly ignored the Isis fighters they claim to be targeting and killed 150 civilians and injured 500 more.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/new ... 618135.ece

[Tunnelcat]

If WWIII gets started, you won't need a passport NS. Were are ANY of us going to go in that eventuality? There's no place to hide from nuclear Armageddon.

[Nightshade]

If WWIII gets started, you won't need a passport NS. Were are ANY of us going to go in that eventuality? There's no place to hide from nuclear Armageddon.

That's a misconception. There is nowhere to hide in the northern hemisphere.

Radiation will eventually make its way south, but at the very least I would have a few weeks to plan further (with my family in Mexico) to go further south perhaps.

I'm just hoping that all of this remains in the realm of science fiction...but one never knows these days.

[vision]

Radiation will eventually make its way south, but at the very least I would have a few weeks to plan further (with my family in Mexico) to go further south perhaps.

It wouldn't really help. Fallout is just one part of the problem. Everywhere you might go in the Southern Hemisphere would be embroiled in conflict and there would be famine like the world has never seen. There would also be toxic gas and water making its way around the globe for years. Sure, some people would survive, but not many, and the new world will be brutal.

Of course, nuclear war is never going to happen so I wouldn't even worry about it.

[Tunnelcat]

Never say never.

[Spidey]

I’m pretty sure you won’t need any passports after a nuclear war NS…

[Nightshade]

I’m pretty sure you won’t need any passports after a nuclear war NS…

Uhhh, the point is to go BEFORE there is a nuclear war.

[callmeslick]

Thank God I bought a bunch of crabmeat and cheap smokes before the End of the World. I'll have to get some steaks to leave outdoors to be barbequed by the blast radiation...........yeesh, what paranoia.