I'd have thought it would be even more sobering to think about what would be arriving 20 to 30 minutes after the missiles blasted off.
NB The novel "Arc Light" includes one thread where the crew from a a Minuteman control center surviving an attack and spending weeks underground then having to make an escape through the devastated landscape:
NB The novel "Arc Light" includes one thread where the crew from a a Minuteman control center surviving an attack and spending weeks underground then having to make an escape through the devastated landscape:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_Light_%28novel%29