A nuclear war is a re occurring nightmare of mine, usually caught out in the open as the 15 minute warning sounds, my vehicle wont start cos of the emp thingy. Then, a mushroom way off in the distance and the horrible anticipation as you try to get to cover/home before one lands near, the confused thoughts of just wanting it to be quick and final conflicting with your survival instinct to try to protect yourself and maybe see your loved ones again, just terrifying. Films like "Threads" "when the wind blows"and "The Day After"and that information film which the government released didnt help during my youth, and stories of how close we actually came to oblivion. I saw something on tv once though which had military experts on,and they predicted that, in the event of a conventional military invasion of europe by the USSR during the cold war era, that they would sweep the allied forces aside, and be at the channel in just two weeks!!! I seriously beleive that it was only the threat of nuclear retaliation that prevented that scenario, as the Russians did invade/annex everyone they could get away with during that time. So maybe the bombs dropped on Japan havesaved the world from WW3 up to now at least.