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Russia has begun mass production of mobile bomb shelters that can protect against a variety of man-made threats and natural disasters including radiation and shockwaves, the emergency ministry's research institute said.

The "KUB-M" shelter looks like a reinforced shipping container. It can give some protection against radiation, shrapnel, debris and fires and can be deployed in Russia's vast northern permafrost, according to the state institute.

The standard unit accommodates 54 people but additional modules can be added, the institute said.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Seems like a fun place to be stuck for the rest of your life

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah I’d rather be vaporized, thankyouverymuch

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

On the up side, that is likely to be a short time.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, they won’t do anything against beta or gamma radiation. They’re potentially viable shelter from conventional munitions, but you’re only stopping alpha particles with steel or lead.

[–] neidu3 17 points 1 day ago

Doesn't matter. The reason why they're produced is to keep the domestic fearmongering active and the population convinced they're only defending themselves.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I feel like the headline is more Russian propaganda. These will probably be thrown into a trench to house soldiers on the front line.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Good thing fallout is harmless after 20 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Now you need to use /≠s if you want me to believe that.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

lmao they made the cans from fallout real

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

They failed the opportunity to name it KBU-M

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Oh they really preparing to end humanity, huh.

Fuck Putler.

Fuck with him with a shit-covered brush, sideways. Until he stops this insanity.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Like everything else, the money for this will be spent on orgy-yachts for the Uruk-hai.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s pathetic what these losers will do to try to add some bite to their chickenshit nuclear threats

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's the thing though, trusting that it's only a threat sort of relies thinking that the leadership of Russia isn't batshit-fucking-insane, and that's not something I would put money on.

I agree we can't allow them to just go "nukes" and do whatever they want, but let's not pretend the threat isn't real to some degree.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does it even matter if it's real? If you assume it's real and combine that with the fact that Russian leadership is completely cooked through and crazy irrational, how would you even 'be careful' when the other party is proven to be chaotic evil.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly the fucking problem, I feel like.

Especially when basically the biggest party we had to go against them is now proverbially sucking Putin's cock.

So...

Yeah. I fucking hate war mongering, but I can't ignore the crazies. And I live like less 6 hours away from St. Petersburg by car, in Finland. I mean technically Russia would be dumb to nuke us, but also if there's a lot of nukes flying to St. Petersburg, that wouldn't be too good.

Idk man I know we shouldn't doom too much over this but I'm anxious at home and it is a real thing, however improbable. I mean Putin might be off his fucking nut, but he did serve in the military and should be quite aware of what nuclear war would be like. Which is not something I'd say for Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's definitely real, however improbable, and I can empathize with your anxiety. It just feels to me that we do not have any real 'options', so pondering the looming doom is feels pointless and luckily I am able to refrain from it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Oh fuck I wrote a lengthy comment on mobile and it got lost without getting saved to drafts.

Tldr I guess is that growing up I used to wonder how Hitler ever became accepted. Then in 2016 Trump won, when I thought it impossible, a meme candidate. My belief in Americans was crushed. Now again. And shameless genocide going on in Palestine. And Russia coldly invaded Ukraine.

Growing up in the oughts as a teen, Obama as president, things didn't seem this worrying. The drone strikes morally dubious, but not worldwide threat concerning.

Now I don't wonder anymore how Hitler got to be so accepted. Slowly. Step by step. With each of Trump*s elections and these conflicts, my belief in a lot of humanity decreases, and my passion about changing things in creases, yet resources to do anything about it dwindle.

Ugh the first one was so much better grumble grumble