{"id":52751,"date":"2017-11-16T09:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=52751"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:16:06","slug":"north-korea-crisis-alaska-reveals-nuclear-attack-plan-dont-evacuate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/north-korea-crisis-alaska-reveals-nuclear-attack-plan-dont-evacuate.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea crisis: Alaska reveals nuclear attack plan – \u2018DON\u2019T EVACUATE’"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea crisis: Alaska reveals nuclear attack plan – \u2018DON\u2019T EVACUATE’<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

North Korea crisis: Alaska reveals nuclear attack plan – \u2018DON\u2019T EVACUATE’:- IF NORTH Korea fires a nuclear missile at Alaska evacuations will not be attempted, warn state emergency planners, amid fears a warhead could reach them in less than 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremy Zidek from the disaster planning team urged locals to shelter where they are if an attack happened, rather than risk being caught in the open for the blast.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also urged families to have an emergency stash of food and water, flashlights and radios, and medical supplies including the anti-radiation pill Prussian Blue.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while he insisted that Alaska was unlikely to be a target for a nuclear strike, Mr Zidek admitted the state\u2019s defensive facilities could be picked for attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alaska is home to Fort Greely, where the US has interceptor rockets designed to destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).<\/span><\/p>\n

The state also has missile defences at the Pacific Spaceport Complex as well as radar warning systems at Clear Air Force Station.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Zidek said: \u201cWe have the missile defence system here.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have missiles and radars in number of different locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps there would be some type of attack on those military facilities to try to hinder our ability to react to any missile launches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Zidek also warned Alaska no longer retains bomb shelters and that there would be no new measures to deal specifically with the nuclear threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThere could be evacuation notices put in place but are we going to be able to get that amount of lead time to instruct people to actually evacuate an area?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReally the recommendation for people during a nuclear attack is to shelter in place and find some type of secure location that will protect them from that blast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo with a mass evacuation \u2013 if people leave their homes, schools and businesses to try to get out of the area, we may be putting more people at risk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cWhat we\u2019re recommending people do is the same thing that they would do for any other type of disaster preparedness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat is: have an family emergency plan so that they can get in touch with their families quickly, and have an emergency supply of food, water and first aid.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are also individual countermeasures that people can do like taking Prussian Blue \u2013 it\u2019s a medication that lessens the radiological impacts upon your body.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Though Mr Zidek could not confirm how quickly a North Korean missile would reach Alaska, it\u2019s believed launch to impact would take less than 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emergency planners in Hawaii have already confirmed their state is within 20 minutes of Kim Jong-un\u2019s missiles \u2013 and Alaska is even closer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guam is the closest US territory to North Korea \u2013 and Attu Island, the westernmost point in Alaska, is barely 50 miles further away.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Anchorage, the state\u2019s largest city, is nearly 1,000 miles closer to Kim\u2019s kingdom than the Hawaiian capital, Honolulu.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Zidek said the state had reviewed its radiological threat plans and prepared social media warnings to be published at short notice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otherwise, he said, Alaska would respond to a nuclear attack using the same plans already devised for disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThe thing with disasters is \u2013 while disasters may vary a great deal \u2013 the consequences of the disasters don\u2019t really change very much.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith something like a nuclear attack, of course you\u2019re going to have mass casualties, a hazmat (hazardous material) event, and you\u2019re gonna have the need to transport a large number of people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we look at these problems, the consequences of the attack, they may be the same as if we had another large earthquake or we have a massive chemical spill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOn a state level, when we look at our all-hazards plan, we say to ourselves \u2018we are preparing for the consequences of any type of disaster\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly what we want our residents here in Alaska to do. Prepare for the consequences of any type of disaster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/879980\/North-Korea-latest-news-Alaska-nuclear-attack-World-War-3<\/span><\/p>\n

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